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HCASB251 4875 5652 HOUSE COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS Regular Session ENROLLEDAmendments SENATEproposed BILLbyHouse NO.Committee on Commerce to Re-Reengrossed Senate Bill No.
251 BYby SENATORSSenator PRESSLY,Pressly ALLAIN,AMENDMENT BARROW,NO. BASS, BOUDREAUX, JACKSON- ANDREWS, SELDERS AND WHEAT AN ACT To enact Part B of Chapter 51 of Title 51 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950, to be comprised of R.S.
51:30811 throughOn 3089,page and1, toline designate15, R.S.change "§3081.Title" to "§3081.
51:3071Title" throughAMENDMENT 3080NO. as Part A of Chapter 51 of Title 51 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950, relative to critical infrastructureprotection;
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51:30817 throughOn 3089,page is2, herebyline enacted21, change "shall mean" to read"means" asAMENDMENT follows:NO.
PART8 B.On page 2, line 22, change "Louisiana" to "this state" AMENDMENT NO.
CRITICAL9 INFRASTRUCTUREOn PROTECTIONpage §3081.2, line 23, change "such" to "those" AMENDMENT NO.
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§3082.11 On page 3, line 7, change "shall mean" to "means" AMENDMENT NO.
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§3083.15 On page 4, line 6, change "shall mean" to "means" AMENDMENT NO.
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§3084.17 On page 5, line 15, change "Louisiana" to "this state" AMENDMENT NO.
Definitions18 TheOn followingpage definitions5, applyline in19, thischange Part"Louisiana, unlessto theinclude" contextto indicates"this otherwise:state, including" AMENDMENT NO.
(1)19 "Company"On meanspage a5, for-profitline sole20, proprietorship,change organization,"under" association,corporation,partnership,jointventure,limitedpartnership,limited liability partnership, or limited liability company, including a wholly owned subsidiary or majority-owned subsidiary of those entities or business associations that exist to make"pursuant ato" profit;AMENDMENT NO.
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(2)"Criticalinfrastructure"meanssystemsandassets,whetherphysical21 orOn virtual,page so5, vitalline to22, thischange state"the" orto the"that" UnitedAMENDMENT StatesNO. of America that the incapacity or destruction of those systems and assets would have a debilitating impact on state or national security, state or national economic security, state or national public health, or any combination of those matters.
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(e) Emergency services.
(f) Transportation systems and services.
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251 ENROLLED including cybersecurity.
(3) "Cybersecurity" means the measures taken to protect a computer, computernetwork,computersystem,orothertechnologyinfrastructureagainst unauthorized use or access.
(4) "Domicile" means either the country in which a company is registered or where the company's affairs are primarily completed.
(5) "Foreign adversary" means those countries listed in 15 CFR 791.4.
(6) "Foreign principal" means any of the following entities:
(a) The government or any official of the government of a foreign adversary.
(b)Apoliticalpartyormemberofapoliticalpartyorany subdivision of a political party of a foreign adversary.
(c) A partnership, association, corporation, organization, or other combinationofpersonsorganizedunderthelawsoforhavingitsprincipalplace of business in a foreign adversary, or a subsidiary of such entity, that is owned orcontrolled,directlyorindirectly,bypersonsorentitiesofaforeignadversary through the ownership of a majority voting interest or the power to direct management or policies of the entity.
Ownership shall not include passive ownership of publicly tradedsecuritiesthatdoes not conferthepowertodirect or influence management or operations.
(d)AnypersonwhoisnotanentitydescribedinSubparagraph(c)ofthis Paragraph, who is domiciled in a foreign adversary, and is not a citizen or lawful permanent resident of the United States or otherwise permitted by law to perform work on critical infrastructure in the United States.
(e) Any person, entity, or collection of persons or entities, described in Subparagraphs (a) through (d) of this Paragraph having a controlling interest inapartnership,association,corporation,organization,trust,oranyotherlegal entity or subsidiary formed for the purpose of owning real property.
(7) "Office" means the Governor's Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness.
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251 ENROLLED (8) "Operational command authority" means the authority to direct, control, or make real-time operational decisions affecting the physical functioning, safety, or emergency response of critical infrastructure.
(9) "Significant access" means access that enables the holder to alter physicaloperations,safetysystems,oremergencyresponsefunctionsofcritical infrastructure.
(10) "Software" means any program or routine, or any set of one or more programs or routines, which are used or intended for use to cause one or more computers or pieces of computer-related peripheral equipment, or any combination thereof, to perform a task or set of tasks, as it relates to state infrastructure, or any operational software.
§3085.
Prohibited access to critical infrastructure A.
A company or other entity constructing, repairing, operating, or otherwisehavingsignificantaccesstocriticalinfrastructuremaynotknowingly enter into an agreement relating to critical infrastructure in this state with a foreign principal from a foreign adversary if the agreement would allow the foreign principal from a foreign adversary to directly or remotely exercise operational command authority over critical infrastructure in this state.
B.
A governmental entity may not knowingly enter into a contract or other agreement relating to critical infrastructure in this state with a company that is a foreign principal from a foreign adversary if the agreement would allow the foreign principal from a foreign adversary to directly or remotely exercise operational command authority over critical infrastructure in this state.
C.NotwithstandingtheprovisionsinSubsectionsAandBofthisSection, an entity or governmental entity may enter into a contract or agreement relating to critical infrastructure with a foreign principal from a foreign adversary country if all of the following apply:
(1)Thereis no otherreasonableoption for addressing theneedrelevant to state critical infrastructure.
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251 ENROLLED (2) Not entering into the contract or agreement would pose a greater threat to the state than the threat associated with entering into the contract.
D.(1) Nothing in this Part shall apply to any transaction, agreement, activity, technology, software, service, or access that is conducted pursuant to and in compliance with a specific license or authorization issued by the United Statesgovernment,includingbutnotlimitedtolicensesorauthorizationsissued by the United States Department of Homeland Security, United States Department of the Treasury, or United States Department of Commerce, or where such activities were previously conducted pursuant to a license or authorization that is no longer required due to the lifting, modification, removals,orexpirationofapplicableUnitedStatessanctions,executiveorders, regulations, or statutes.
(2) Intra-company shared services that do not involve a foreign adversary company do not constitute agreements with a foreign principal so long as ownership and operational command authority remain with a parent company domiciled in the United States.
§3086.
Prohibitions on certain software in critical infrastructure A.
All software providing operational command authority over critical infrastructure shall not include any software produced by a company headquartered in and subject to the laws of a foreign adversary, or a company under the direction or control of a foreign adversary.
B.Allsoftwareusedinstateinfrastructureinoperationwithinorserving thisstate,includinganystateinfrastructurewhichisnotpermanentlydisabled, shall have all software prohibited pursuant to the provisions of this Section removed and replaced with software which is not prohibited pursuant to the provisions of this Section unless that software was lawfully installed prior to August 1, 2026, and remains compliant with applicable federal law.
C.
Any state infrastructure provider that removes, discontinues, or replacesanyprohibitedsoftwareshall not berequiredtoobtain any additional permits from any state agency or political subdivision for the removal, Page 5 of 7 Coding:
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251 ENROLLED discontinuance, or replacement of such software as long as the state agency or political subdivision is properly notified of the necessary replacements and the replacement software is similar to the existing software.
§3087.
Telecommunications providers in compliance with federal law Nothing in this Part applies to any provider of an interactive computer service, as defined in 47 U.S.C.
230, or any provider of a telecommunications service or an information service, as defined in 47 U.S.C.
153, nor to any employee, agent, or contractor acting on behalf of such provider, to the extent thattheproviderisincompliancewiththeSecureandTrustedCommunications Networks Act of 2019, 47 U.S.C.
1601, et seq.
§3088.
Electric utilities in compliance with federal law Nothing in this Partapplies toany member-owned electriccooperatives or investor-owned utilities subject to the North American Electric Reliability Corporation, NERC, Reliability Standards, or to any member-owned electric cooperativesorinvestor-owned utilityassetssubjecttothe Nuclear Regulatory Commission, NRC.
§3089.
Enforcement;
civil proceedings The attorney general may institute civil proceedings to enforce the provisions of this Part, including but not limited to actions against a foreign adversary company or any other vendor, provider, distributor, or relabeler or white-labeler of a foreign adversary technology for violations of the Unfair Trade Practices and Consumer Protection Law, R.S.
51:1401 et seq.
Section 2.
The Louisiana State Law Institute is hereby directed to designate the provisionsofR.S.51:3071through3080asPartAofChapter51ofTitle51oftheLouisiana Revised Statutes of 1950 to be entitled, "PART A.
DATABASE SECURITY BREACH NOTIFICATION".
Section3.ItistheintentofthislegislaturethatVenezuelanotbeconsideredaforeign adversaryunless and until a new determination is made bythe United States Department of Commerce to designate the successor regime to the Venezuelan politician Nicolas Maduro to be a foreign adversary to the United States.
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251 ENROLLED Section 4.
(A) The provisions of R.S.
51:3089 as enacted by Section 1 of this Act shall become effective on November 29, 2026.
(B) Sections 2, 3, and this Section of this Act shall become effective on August 1, 2026.
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA APPROVED:
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