Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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| Bill | AN ACT relating to the acquisition of agricultural land. | Create a new section of KRS Chapter 247 to define terms; prohibit a nonresident alien, foreign business, foreign agent, trustee, or fiduciary associated with the government of any proscribed country referenced in 22 C.F.R. sec. 126.1 from the purchase, lease, or acquisition of agricultural land in Kentucky or participation in programs administered by the Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Development Board, and Kentucky Agricultural Finance Corporation; allow a nonresident alien, foreign business, foreign agent, trustee, or fiduciary to own, purchase, hold, or develop agricultural land for nonagricultural use provided that the development is completed within five years of acquiring the land; require that a copy of the report required under the provisions of the Agricultural Foreign Investment Disclosure Act be filed with the Department of Agriculture; require the Department of Agriculture to report evidence of noncompliance to the Office of the Attorney General; require the Office of the Attorney General to investigate the evidence; allow the Office of the Attorney General to enforce provisions; require that agricultural land found in violation be escheated to the state and be subject to judicial foreclosure; set requirements for disbursement of proceeds of the sale. | us/states/ky | Kentucky General Assembly | 2025RS | HB 315 | Kentucky HB 315 (2025RS) |
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enacted | 3 | 28 | 3 | 2025-02-05T05:00:00+00:00 | 2025-03-25T04:00:00+00:00 | openstates | ocd-bill/c0f71a4f-6075-4ed5-b8aa-64b6530918cd | https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/25RS/hb315.html | 5fe38bbe0738edb8b24a8d7966904e070753757841e85b53577c5de0962e6799 | 2026-07-01 | https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump | 2026-07-06 | reported |
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Kentucky HB 315 (2025RS) — AN ACT relating to the acquisition of agricultural land.
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 247 to define terms; prohibit a nonresident alien, foreign business, foreign agent, trustee, or fiduciary associated with the government of any proscribed country referenced in 22 C.F.R. sec. 126.1 from the purchase, lease, or acquisition of agricultural land in Kentucky or participation in programs administered by the Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Development Board, and Kentucky Agricultural Finance Corporation; allow a nonresident alien, foreign business, foreign agent, trustee, or fiduciary to own, purchase, hold, or develop agricultural land for nonagricultural use provided that the development is completed within five years of acquiring the land; require that a copy of the report required under the provisions of the Agricultural Foreign Investment Disclosure Act be filed with the Department of Agriculture; require the Department of Agriculture to report evidence of noncompliance to the Office of the Attorney General; require the Office of the Attorney General to investigate the evidence; allow the Office of the Attorney General to enforce provisions; require that agricultural land found in violation be escheated to the state and be subject to judicial foreclosure; set requirements for disbursement of proceeds of the sale.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- Introduced (filed) — source
- Acts Chapter 84 (committee substitute) — source
- Current/Final (committee substitute) — source
Votes
- Pass — 93–0 (pass) · lower
- Final Passage — 89–1 (pass) · lower
- PASS HB 315 W/ scs1 sfa3 — 34–2 (pass) · lower
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2025-02-05T05:00:00+00:00 introduced in House
introduction - 2025-02-05T05:00:00+00:00 to Committee on Committees (H)
referral-committee - 2025-02-07T05:00:00+00:00 to Agriculture (H)
referral-committee - 2025-02-26T05:00:00+00:00 reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar
committee-passage - 2025-02-27T05:00:00+00:00 2nd reading, to Rules
reading-2 - 2025-02-27T05:00:00+00:00 posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Friday, February 28, 2025
- 2025-02-28T05:00:00+00:00 3rd reading, passed 93-0
passage, reading-3 - 2025-03-04T05:00:00+00:00 received in Senate
- 2025-03-04T05:00:00+00:00 to Committee on Committees (S)
referral-committee - 2025-03-06T05:00:00+00:00 to Agriculture (S)
referral-committee - 2025-03-11T04:00:00+00:00 reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute (1)
committee-passage - 2025-03-11T04:00:00+00:00 floor amendment (1) filed to Committee Substitute
amendment-introduction - 2025-03-12T04:00:00+00:00 2nd reading, to Rules
reading-2 - 2025-03-12T04:00:00+00:00 posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Thursday, March 13, 2025
- 2025-03-13T04:00:00+00:00 floor amendments (2) and (3) filed to Committee Substitute
amendment-introduction - 2025-03-13T04:00:00+00:00 passed over and retained in the Orders of the Day
passage - 2025-03-14T04:00:00+00:00 3rd reading
reading-3 - 2025-03-14T04:00:00+00:00 Floor Amendments (1) and (2) withdrawn
- 2025-03-14T04:00:00+00:00 passed 34-2 with Committee Substitute (1) and Floor Amendment (3)
passage - 2025-03-14T04:00:00+00:00 received in House
- 2025-03-14T04:00:00+00:00 to Rules (H)
referral-committee - 2025-03-14T04:00:00+00:00 posted for passage for concurrence in Senate Committee Substitute (1) and Floor Amendment (3)
- 2025-03-14T04:00:00+00:00 House concurred in Senate Committee Substitute (1) and Floor Amendment (3)
- 2025-03-14T04:00:00+00:00 passed 89-1
passage - 2025-03-14T04:00:00+00:00 enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House
passage - 2025-03-14T04:00:00+00:00 enrolled, signed by President of the Senate
passage - 2025-03-14T04:00:00+00:00 delivered to Governor
- 2025-03-25T04:00:00+00:00 signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 84)
executive-signature
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/c0f71a4f-6075-4ed5-b8aa-64b6530918cd. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).