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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.
Introduced
Jan 13, 2026
Last Action
Mar 3, 2026
Session
VA 2026
Sponsors
1 primary · 0 co
Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB464)
Floor offered Delegate Kent Substitute
Rereferred to Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources
Floor substitute printed 26108809D-H1 (Kent)
Motion to rerefer to Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources agreed to
Read second time
Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources (13-Y 9-N)
Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources
Placed on Calendar
Read first time
Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 3rd reading) (38-Y 0-N 0-A)
Read second time
Engrossed by Senate Block Vote (Voice Vote)
Rules suspended
Read third time and passed Senate Block Vote (38-Y 0-N 0-A)
Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote)
Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 1st reading) (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
Rules suspended
Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources (15-Y 0-N)
Rereferred from Courts of Justice to Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources (9-Y 0-N)
Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB464)
Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26103787D
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Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB464)
Richard H. Stuart