HB 590 Louisiana House · 2025 Regular Session

ELECTIONS: Provides relative to foreign funding for elections and election campaigns (RE1 SEE FISC NOTE GF EX)

HB 590 clarifies that U.S. election campaigns cannot accept funding from foreign sources by amending language to explicitly prohibit contributions "by a person who is not a United States citizen." The bill directly affects candidates, political committees, and election campaigns that might receive foreign funding. Its key mechanism is a technical correction to remove ambiguous phrasing ("noncitizen") and replace it with clear, accessible language defining prohibited contributors. The bill does not create new penalties but ensures existing prohibitions against foreign election funding are unambiguous. (This is a substantive policy amendment, not a procedural bill.)
Bill status passed 3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Apr 2025
Committee Review
May 2025
House Passage
May 2025
Senate Passage
Governor
Introduced Apr 4, 2025 Last action Jun 2, 2025
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What changed between versions

HB590 Reengrossed HB590 Engrossed · 3 edits · May 28, 2025
MINOR
The bill was formally reclassified from 'Reengrossed' to 'Engrossed,' indicating it has passed its final review stage and is ready for the Governor's signature. A minor spelling correction was made in the text, changing 'United States' to 'Unites States' in two instances regarding how foreign entities operate. No substantive policy changes, funding amounts, or legal requirements were altered.
TECHNICAL

The bill's status was updated from 'Reengrossed' to 'Engrossed' in the header and footer, reflecting its final legislative stage.

A spelling error was corrected in the text, changing 'Unites States' to 'United States' in two locations.

The list of co-sponsoring representatives was removed from the header, leaving only Representative Spell as the sponsor.

Floor votes · House May 5, 2025

How they voted

838
Passed · 10 other
Total votes 101
May 5, 2025
D Democratic30
14 Yea 8 Nay 8
46% Yea
R Republican71
69 Yea 2
97% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
13
Key actions
3
Committee
5
May 27, 2025
Committee
Committee amendments read and adopted. Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
upper
May 21, 2025
Upper · Passed
Rules suspended. Reported with amendments.
upper
May 5, 2025
Lower · Passed
Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 86, nays 8. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.
lower
Apr 23, 2025
Lower · Passed
Reported with amendments (13-0).
lower
Apr 14, 2025
Committee
Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on House and Governmental Affairs.
lower
Apr 4, 2025
Committee
Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on House and Governmental Affairs.
lower
1 primary · 8 co-sponsors

Sponsors