SB528 Prohibiting receiving compensation for lobbying on behalf of a foreign adversary.
Prohibiting receiving compensation for lobbying on behalf of a foreign adversary.
Impact Score — How Does This Bill Affect You?
Overall Impact Score
Mixed
Scale: 1 (harmful) to 10 (beneficial)
Your Wallet
No direct financial impact on residents. Prevents foreign adversaries from using money to influence NH policy that could harm state economic interests.
Your Community
Protects NH's democratic process from foreign adversary influence, ensuring state policy serves NH residents rather than hostile foreign interests.
Your Freedom
Restricts a narrow category of speech (paid foreign adversary lobbying) to protect democratic self-governance. Raises some First Amendment questions about defining adversaries.
Status
Refer for Interim Study: Motion Adopted Voice Vote 04/23/2026 House Journal 11
Sponsor
Regina Birdsell (R)
The Short Version
Bans paid lobbying on behalf of foreign adversaries in NH. Targets the influence of hostile foreign governments on NH state policy through paid lobbyists.
Who's Behind This Bill?
Who Benefits
- ▲ NH residents whose government is protected from foreign influence
- ▲ Democratic integrity advocates
Who Pays the Price
- ▼ Lobbyists who would be restricted from certain clients
- ▼ Those concerned about government defining foreign adversaries too broadly
Bill statuses as of May 2026. Check LegiScan or NH General Court for the latest.
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