---
type: "Bill"
title: "Agriculture; prohibiting acquisition of possessory interest in certain land by certain foreign persons and entities; provide for a definition"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 2-1-7 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to prohibiting the acquisition of possessory interest in certain land by certain foreign persons and entities, so as to provide for a definition; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2025_26"
identifier: "HB 358"
citation: "Georgia HB 358 (2025_26)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["AGRICULTURE"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["David Huddleston", "David Jenkins", "Debbie Buckner", "Vance Smith"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 17
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-02-10"
last_action: "2025-07-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/346be4f3-bf59-4ab5-90de-28497443e918"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "5a1a783f0e1e2840caa44f5142e2e9204919eb014a935d9e1584ec40ed12cfab"
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-ga"]
---

# Georgia HB 358 (2025_26) — Agriculture; prohibiting acquisition of possessory interest in certain land by certain foreign persons and entities; provide for a definition

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Code Section 2-1-7 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to prohibiting the acquisition of possessory interest in certain land by certain foreign persons and entities, so as to provide for a definition; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

## Version chain

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

1. **HB 358/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/238506.pdf)
2. **LC 33 9770/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/231841.pdf)

## Votes

- Senate Vote #376 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **35–20** (pass) · upper
- House Vote #125 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **120–50** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- David Huddleston — primary (person)
- David Jenkins — primary (person)
- Debbie Buckner — primary (person)
- Vance Smith — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-10** House Hopper `introduction`
- **2025-02-11** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2025-02-12** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2025-02-26** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-03** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2025-03-03** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2025-03-04** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-27** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-27** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
- **2025-03-31** Senate Tabled
- **2025-03-31** Senate Taken from Table
- **2025-03-31** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
- **2025-03-31** Senate Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2025-04-07** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-05-14** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2025-05-14** Act 261 `executive-signature`
- **2025-07-01** Effective Date

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/346be4f3-bf59-4ab5-90de-28497443e918`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).