VirginiaInterest in agricultural land; amends definition of foreign adversaries.
What it does
Interest in agricultural land; foreign adversaries. Amends the definition of foreign adversary, as it relates to the prohibition on ownership of agricultural land by foreign adversaries, to include any business entity that is substantially funded by a foreign government or nongovernment person determined by the U.S. Secretary of Commerce to have engaged in a long-term pattern or serious instances of conduct significantly adverse to the national security of the United States or security and safety of United States persons. The bill also amends the definition of "interest in agricultural land" to (i) include any controlling lease, long-term land use agreement, mineral rights, or water rights and (ii) remove the exclusion for any interest that taken on its own or together with any other interest held in common or under common control does not give the holder of the interest the ability to possess or occupy the agricultural land in any manner or the power or authority to direct the conduct of the agricultural operation being conducted on the agricultural land.
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- Introduced
- Passed Senate
- Passed House
- To Governor
- Became Law
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History
- 2026
- Mar 10Left in Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural ResourcesLatest
- Mar 3Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB464)
- Mar 2Rereferred to Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural ResourcesMinor
- Mar 2Motion to rerefer to Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources agreed to
- Mar 2Floor offered Delegate Kent Substitute
- Mar 2Floor substitute printed 26108809D-H1 (Kent)
- Feb 27Read second timeMinor
- Feb 25Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources (13-Y 9-N)Minor
- Vote recorded Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources. Result: pass.Lower
- Feb 18Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural ResourcesMinor
- Feb 18Read first timeMinor
- Feb 18Placed on Calendar
- Feb 13Read third time and passed Senate Block Vote (38-Y 0-N 0-A)Passed Senate
- Vote recorded Constitutional reading dispensed (on 3rd reading). Result: pass.Upper
- Vote recorded Passage R. Result: pass.Upper
- Feb 13Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 3rd reading) (38-Y 0-N 0-A)
- Feb 13Rules suspended
- Feb 13Engrossed by Senate Block Vote (Voice Vote)
- Feb 13Read second timeMinor
- Feb 12Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote)
- Vote recorded Constitutional reading dispensed R. Result: pass.Upper
- Feb 12Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 1st reading) (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
- Feb 12Rules suspended
- Feb 10Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources (15-Y 0-N)Minor
- Vote recorded Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources. Result: pass.Upper
- Jan 26Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB464)
- Vote recorded Rereferred from Courts of Justice. Result: pass.Upper
- Jan 26Rereferred from Courts of Justice to Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources (9-Y 0-N)Minor
- Jan 13Referred to Committee for Courts of JusticeMinor
- Jan 13Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26103787DIntroduced