---
type: "Bill"
title: "Foreign governments; prohibit sale of agricultural lands to."
description: "Foreign governments; prohibit sale of agricultural lands to."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ms"
legislature: "Mississippi Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 280"
citation: "Mississippi HB 280 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Agriculture"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Currie"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 15
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2023-01-09T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2023-03-21T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b70c7973-242a-48e8-a1d0-2df7ffdb3cca"
source_url: "http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2023/pdf/House_authors/Arnold.xml"
source_hash: "19c2458339385cb44147f50c0e2184d491103a542fcbf203ab6f8ceb781ad478"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ms"]
---

# Mississippi HB 280 (2023) — Foreign governments; prohibit sale of agricultural lands to.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **As Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2023/html/HB/0200-0299/HB0280IN.htm)
2. **Amendment No 2 (Adopted) (Voice Vote)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2023/pdf/ham/HB0280_H_Amend_02.pdf)
3. **Amendment Report for House Bill No. 280** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2023/pdf/sam/Amendment_Report_for_HB0280.pdf)
4. **As Passed the lower** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2023/html/HB/0200-0299/HB0280PS.htm)
5. **Committee Amendment No 1 (Adopted) (Voice Vote)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2023/pdf/sam/HB0280_S_Cmte_Amend_01.pdf)
6. **Current version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2023/html/HB/0200-0299/HB0280SG.htm)

## Votes

- Passage as Amended — **114–3** (pass) · lower
- Concurrence in Amendment From Senate — **115–2** (pass) · lower
- Passage as Amended — **52–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Currie — primary (person)
- Arnold — cosponsor (person)
- Brown (20th) — cosponsor (person)
- Crawford — cosponsor (person)
- Hobgood-Wilkes — cosponsor (person)
- Scoggin — cosponsor (person)
- Stamps — cosponsor (person)
- Williamson — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2023-01-09T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Agriculture `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-24T06:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass As Amended `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-07T06:00:00+00:00** Read the Third Time `reading-3`
- **2023-02-08T06:00:00+00:00** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2023-02-08T06:00:00+00:00** Passed As Amended `passage`
- **2023-02-13T06:00:00+00:00** Transmitted To Senate `introduction`
- **2023-02-14T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Agriculture `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-27T06:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass As Amended `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-08T06:00:00+00:00** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2023-03-08T06:00:00+00:00** Passed As Amended `passage`
- **2023-03-09T06:00:00+00:00** Returned For Concurrence
- **2023-03-14T05:00:00+00:00** Concurred in Amend From Senate
- **2023-03-15T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2023-03-15T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2023-03-21T05:00:00+00:00** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b70c7973-242a-48e8-a1d0-2df7ffdb3cca`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Mississippi legislature records).