SB 464 VA

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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.

• Richard H. Stuart Republican · primary

1. Jan 13, 2026 Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26103787D · upper
2. Jan 13, 2026 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice · upper
3. Jan 26, 2026 Rereferred from Courts of Justice to Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources (9-Y 0-N) · upper
4. Jan 26, 2026 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB464) · upper
5. Feb 10, 2026 Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources (15-Y 0-N) · upper
6. Feb 12, 2026 Rules suspended · upper
7. Feb 12, 2026 Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 1st reading) (40-Y 0-N 0-A) · upper
8. Feb 12, 2026 Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote) · upper
9. Feb 13, 2026 Read second time · upper
10. Feb 13, 2026 Engrossed by Senate Block Vote (Voice Vote) · upper
11. Feb 13, 2026 Rules suspended · upper
12. Feb 13, 2026 Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 3rd reading) (38-Y 0-N 0-A) · upper
13. Feb 13, 2026 Read third time and passed Senate Block Vote (38-Y 0-N 0-A) · upper
14. Feb 18, 2026 Placed on Calendar · lower
15. Feb 18, 2026 Read first time · lower
16. Feb 18, 2026 Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources · lower
17. Feb 25, 2026 Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources (13-Y 9-N) · lower
18. Feb 27, 2026 Read second time · lower
19. Mar 2, 2026 Floor substitute printed 26108809D-H1 (Kent) · lower
20. Mar 2, 2026 Floor offered Delegate Kent Substitute · lower
21. Mar 2, 2026 Motion to rerefer to Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources agreed to · lower
22. Mar 2, 2026 Rereferred to Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources · lower
23. Mar 3, 2026 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB464) · upper
24. Mar 10, 2026 Left in Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources · lower

The published texts of this bill as it moves through the legislature. Each links to the official document on the state legislature site. Data from OpenStates.

• Delegate Kent Substitute · PDF
• Delegate Kent Substitute · HTML
• Introduced · PDF
• Introduced · HTML