---
type: "Bill"
title: "Agricultural land; definitions, ownership by foreign adversaries prohibited, report."
description: "Agricultural land; definitions, ownership by foreign adversaries prohibited, report."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 2325"
citation: "Virginia HB 2325 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bloxom"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 52
vote_count: 11
first_action: "2023-01-12"
last_action: "2023-04-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7181e18a-292f-4775-ab74-035120b64376"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+sum+HB2325"
source_hash: "5f352a4a73cc08d82e42220af527ac4e2777ac476c668619a70de39f6e7a1a78"
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-va"]
---

# Virginia HB 2325 (2023) — Agricultural land; definitions, ownership by foreign adversaries prohibited, report.

## Version chain

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

1. **CHAP0796** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+CHAP0796)
2. **Committee substitute printed 23106106D-H1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB2325H1)
3. **Committee substitute printed 23106938D-S1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB2325S1)
4. **Governor's substitute printed 23107693D-H2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB2325H2)
5. **HB2325ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB2325ER)
6. **HB2325ER2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?231+ful+HB2325ER2)

## Votes

- Referred from General Laws — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Motion to rerefer to committee rejected (16-Y 22-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (28-Y 12-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- VOTE: Adoption (67-Y 29-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources with substitite (10-Y 4-N 1-A) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Pending question, not ordered (16-Y 22-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- VOTE: Adoption (68-Y 27-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- Passed Senate with substitute (21-Y 17-N) — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources with substitute (22-Y 0-N) — **0–0** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bloxom — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-12** Presented and ordered printed with emergency clause 23103696D `introduction`
- **2023-01-12** Referred to Committee on General Laws `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-19** Impact statement from DPB (HB2325)
- **2023-01-26** Referred from General Laws `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-26** Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-26** House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- **2023-02-01** House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- **2023-02-01** Committee substitute printed 23106106D-H1 `substitution`
- **2023-02-01** Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources with substitute (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-03** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2023-02-03** Impact statement from DPB (HB2325H1)
- **2023-02-06** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2023-02-06** Committee substitute agreed to 23106106D-H1 `substitution`
- **2023-02-06** Emergency clause deleted
- **2023-02-06** Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB2325H1 `substitution`
- **2023-02-07** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) `passage, reading-3`
- **2023-02-07** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-08** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2023-02-08** Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-14** Reported from Agriculture, Conservation and Natural Resources with substitite (10-Y 4-N 1-A) `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-14** Committee substitute printed 23106938D-S1 `substitution`
- **2023-02-15** Impact statement from DPB (HB2325S1)
- **2023-02-16** Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- **2023-02-17** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2023-02-17** Reading of substitute waived
- **2023-02-17** Committee substitute agreed to 23106938D-S1 `substitution`
- **2023-02-17** Motion to rerefer to committee rejected (16-Y 22-N) `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-17** Pending question, not ordered (16-Y 22-N)
- **2023-02-17** Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB2325S1 `substitution`
- **2023-02-17** Passed Senate with substitute (21-Y 17-N) `passage`
- **2023-02-21** Senate substitute agreed to by House 23106938D-S1 (67-Y 29-N) `substitution`
- **2023-02-21** VOTE: Adoption (67-Y 29-N)
- **2023-02-24** Enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-02-24** Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2325ER) `passage`
- **2023-02-24** Signed by Speaker `passage`
- **2023-02-25** Signed by President `passage`
- **2023-02-25** Impact statement from DPB (HB2325ER)
- **2023-03-02** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 2, 2023 `enrolled, executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-02** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 27, 2023 `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-27** Governor's recommendation received by House `executive-veto-line-item`
- **2023-03-27** Governor's substitute printed 23107693D-H2
- **2023-04-12** Placed on Calendar
- **2023-04-12** House concurred in Governor's recommendation (68-Y 27-N)
- **2023-04-12** VOTE: Adoption (68-Y 27-N)
- **2023-04-12** Senate concurred in Governor's recommendation (28-Y 12-N)
- **2023-04-12** Governor's recommendation adopted `executive-signature`
- **2023-04-12** Reenrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-04-12** Reenrolled bill text (HB2325ER2) `enrolled`
- **2023-04-12** Signed by Speaker as reenrolled `enrolled, passage`
- **2023-04-12** Signed by President as reenrolled `enrolled, passage`
- **2023-04-12** Enacted, Chapter 796 (effective 7/1/23) `became-law`
- **2023-04-12** Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0796)

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7181e18a-292f-4775-ab74-035120b64376`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).