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House approves ban on foreign funding and certain services for ballot measures
Summary
The Louisiana House passed HB590, a bill making it a crime for foreign governments or foreign entities to provide funds or certain in-kind services to influence statewide ballot measures, with penalties including fines and possible imprisonment.
BATON ROUGE — The Louisiana House of Representatives passed House Bill 590 on final passage, a measure that bars foreign governments and foreign entities from directly funding or providing certain services related to ballot propositions and questions.
Representative Spell, the bill's author, said the bill "seeks to ban services that are offered ... as an in kind donation" and described the measure as a preventative step to close what he called a loophole on ballot measures that, in his view, foreign actors have exploited in other states. The bill…
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