---
type: "Bill"
title: "Foreign ownership of land."
description: "Provides that, beginning July 1, 2024, a prohibited person may not purchase, lease, or acquire a parcel of real property that is: (1) located in Indiana; and (2) located within a 10 mile radius of a military installation; with certain exceptions. Provides that, beginning July 1, 2024, a prohibited person may not acquire or lease agricultural land or a mineral right or water or riparian right on agricultural land located in Indiana. Provides certain enforcement powers to the attorney general for a transfer of land in violation of the law."
jurisdiction: "us/states/in"
legislature: "Indiana General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 1183"
citation: "Indiana HB 1183 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["AGRICULTURE; Generally", "CIVIL LAW AND PROCEDURE; Liabilities", "Damages", "and Penalties", "NATURAL RESOURCES; Mines and Minerals", "NATURAL RESOURCES; Rivers", "Streams", "and Waterways", "PROPERTY; Real Estate", "STATE ELECTED OFFICIALS; Attorney General"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Blake Doriot", "Greg Goode", "Jean Leising", "Kendell Culp"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 41
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2024-01-09"
last_action: "2024-03-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4e3dfec5-6e8f-4b1b-992b-62d4d0ef980a"
source_url: "https://api.iga.in.gov/2024/bills/hb1183"
source_hash: "63e09b1e7f68c41fc1268e1a19d7aef296ffb31cc86af8de75d35a141133d1c7"
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-in"]
---

# Indiana HB 1183 (2024) — Foreign ownership of land.

Provides that, beginning July 1, 2024, a prohibited person may not purchase, lease, or acquire a parcel of real property that is: (1) located in Indiana; and (2) located within a 10 mile radius of a military installation; with certain exceptions. Provides that, beginning July 1, 2024, a prohibited person may not acquire or lease agricultural land or a mineral right or water or riparian right on agricultural land located in Indiana. Provides certain enforcement powers to the attorney general for a transfer of land in violation of the law.

## Version chain

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

1. **Engrossed House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/123/2024/house/bills/HB1183/HB1183.05.ENGS.pdf)
2. **Engrossed House Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/123/2024/house/bills/HB1183/HB1183.03.ENGH.pdf)
3. **Enrolled House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/123/2024/house/bills/HB1183/HB1183.06.ENRS.pdf)
4. **House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/123/2024/house/bills/HB1183/HB1183.02.COMH.pdf)
5. **House Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/123/2024/house/bills/HB1183/HB1183.04.COMS.pdf)
6. **Introduced House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/123/2024/house/bills/HB1183/HB1183.01.INTR.pdf)

## Votes

- HB 1183 - Culp — **92–1** (pass) · lower
- HB 1183 - Culp - 3rd Reading — **96–0** (pass) · lower
- HB 1183 - Leising — **47–0** (pass) · upper
- HB 1183 - Leising - 3rd Reading — **48–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Blake Doriot — primary (person)
- Greg Goode — primary (person)
- Jean Leising — primary (person)
- Kendell Culp — primary (person)
- Cherrish Pryor — coauthor (person)
- Chris Jeter — coauthor (person)
- Eric Koch — cosponsor (person)
- James Tomes — cosponsor (person)
- Lonnie Randolph — cosponsor (person)
- Mike Aylesworth — coauthor (person)
- Susan Glick — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-09** Coauthored by Representatives Aylesworth and Jeter
- **2024-01-09** Authored by Representative Culp
- **2024-01-09** First reading: referred to Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2024-01-16** Representative Pryor added as coauthor
- **2024-01-29** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2024-01-31** Amendment #1 (Gore) ruled out of order
- **2024-01-31** Amendment #2 (Culp) prevailed; voice vote `amendment-passage`
- **2024-01-31** Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2024-02-01** Senate sponsor: Senator Leising
- **2024-02-01** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 122: yeas 96, nays 0 `passage, reading-3, reading-3`
- **2024-02-02** Referred to the Senate `referral`
- **2024-02-12** Senator Goode added as second sponsor
- **2024-02-12** First reading: referred to Committee on Agriculture `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2024-02-26** Senator Koch added as cosponsor
- **2024-02-26** Senator Doriot added as third sponsor
- **2024-02-27** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2024-02-29** Senator Glick added as cosponsor
- **2024-02-29** Senator Tomes added as cosponsor
- **2024-03-04** Amendment #11 (Pol) failed; voice vote `amendment-failure, failure`
- **2024-03-04** Senator Randolph added as cosponsor
- **2024-03-04** Amendment #8 (Busch) prevailed; voice vote `amendment-passage`
- **2024-03-04** Amendment #9 (Brown L) prevailed; voice vote `amendment-passage`
- **2024-03-04** Amendment #4 (Pol) failed; voice vote `amendment-failure, failure`
- **2024-03-04** Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2024-03-05** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 278: yeas 48, nays 0 `passage, reading-3, reading-3`
- **2024-03-06** House conferees appointed: Culp and Pryor
- **2024-03-06** House dissented from Senate amendments
- **2024-03-06** Motion to dissent filed `filing`
- **2024-03-06** House advisors appointed: Aylesworth, Steuerwald, Haggard and Bauer M
- **2024-03-05** Returned to the House with amendments `receipt`
- **2024-03-07** Senate advisors appointed: Taylor G, Busch and Brown L
- **2024-03-07** Senate conferees appointed: Leising and Qaddoura
- **2024-03-08** Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1: adopted by the House; Roll Call 334: yeas 92, nays 1
- **2024-03-15** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2024-03-08** CCR # 1 filed in the Senate `filing`
- **2024-03-08** CCR # 1 filed in the House `filing`
- **2024-03-15** Public Law 168 `became-law`
- **2024-03-08** Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1: adopted by the Senate; Roll Call 322: yeas 47, nays 0
- **2024-03-11** Signed by the President Pro Tempore `passage`
- **2024-03-11** Signed by the Speaker `passage`
- **2024-03-12** Signed by the President of the Senate `passage`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4e3dfec5-6e8f-4b1b-992b-62d4d0ef980a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).