How SB528 changes current law

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This bill establishes a prohibition on lobbyists receiving compensation for lobbying activities on behalf of designated foreign adversaries.

• RSA 15

  15:5-a Prohibition on Receiving Compensation for Lobbying on Behalf of a Foreign Adversary.

  This section creates a new provision prohibiting lobbyists from being compensated for lobbying foreign adversaries.

• RSA 15:5-a

  II. No lobbyist may receive, or agree to receive, any direct or indirect compensation or other payment in any form, including intangible or in-kind, for carrying out any lobbying activity on behalf of another person, that is: (a) A foreign adversary; (b) A foreign political party of a foreign adversary; or (c) A foreign adversary client.

  This provision explicitly prohibits lobbyists from accepting compensation for lobbying activities on behalf of certain foreign entities.

• RSA 15:5-a

  III.(a) A lobbyist who violates paragraph II shall be subject to an action for disgorgement of any compensation received as well as a civil penalty of not more than $1,000 per violation.

  This provides a penalty framework for lobbyists who violate the compensation prohibition.

• RSA 15:5-a

  IV. This section shall not apply to any entities that are the subject of, or covered by, a qualified divestiture under the Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act.

  This exception clarifies that certain entities covered by specific federal law are exempt from the state's prohibition.