§391.2. Violation; penalties

            A.(1) No agent of a foreign adversary or agent of a foreign terrorist organization shall commit any criminal offense in this state while knowingly acting at the direction of, on behalf of, or under the influence of a foreign adversary or foreign terrorist organization with the intent to do any of the following:

            (a) Coerce a person to act on behalf of a foreign adversary or foreign terrorist organization.

            (b) Coerce a person to leave the United States or cause another person to leave the United States.

            (c) Cause a person to refrain from engaging in constitutionally protected conduct.

            (d) Retaliate against a person for engaging in constitutionally protected conduct.

            (2) No person shall intentionally engage in the obstruction, detection, investigation, monitoring, or surveillance of another person or governmental entity with the intent to enforce or institute the prosecution of a foreign law in violation of the laws of this state or of the United States.

            B.(1) Any person who violates the provisions of Paragraph (A)(1) of this Section by committing a criminal offense that is a noncapital felony shall, in addition to the penalty for commission of the underlying offense, be punished as follows:

            (a) If the underlying offense is punishable by imprisonment for a term of not more than five years, the offender shall be imprisoned with or without hard labor for an additional period of one year. The additional penalty imposed pursuant to this Subparagraph shall be served consecutively to the sentence imposed for the underlying offense.

            (b) If the underlying offense is punishable by imprisonment for a term of more than five years but less than fifteen years, the offender shall be imprisoned with or without hard labor for an additional period of two years. The additional penalty imposed pursuant to this Subparagraph shall be served consecutively to the sentence imposed for the underlying offense.

            (2) Whoever violates the provisions of Paragraph (A)(2) of this Section shall be punished as follows:

            (a) If the offender was acting as an agent of a foreign adversary or an agent of a foreign terrorist organization at the time of the violation, the offender shall be fined not more than ten thousand dollars, imprisoned with or without hard labor for not less than three years nor more than six years, or both.

            (b) If the offender was not acting as an agent of a foreign adversary or an agent of a foreign terrorist organization at the time of the violation, the offender shall be fined not more than five thousand dollars, imprisoned with or without hard labor for not less than two years nor more than four years, or both.

            Acts 2026, No. 308, §1, eff. May 22, 2026.