CONTRACTS: Provides for a prohibition against foreign adversary purchasing, leasing, or acquiring land (EN GF EX See Note)
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Mar 2023
Committee Review
Jun 2023
House Passage
Jun 2023
Senate Passage
Jun 2023
Signed into Law
Jun 2023
Introduced Mar 31, 2023
Signed Jun 27, 2023
Floor votes · Senate Jun 5, 2023 · House May 23, 2023
How they voted
22–10
Passed
Total votes 32
Jun 5, 2023
D
Democratic10
100% Nay
R
Republican22
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
23
Key actions
5
Committee
5
Jun 6, 2023
Lower · Passed
Read by title, roll called, yeas 73, nays 26, Senate amendments concurred in.
lower
Jun 5, 2023
Upper · Passed
Rules suspended. Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title, passed by a vote of 26 yeas and 12 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.
upper
Jun 2, 2023
Committee
Committee amendments read and adopted. Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
upper
Jun 2, 2023
Upper · Passed
Reported with amendments.
upper
May 23, 2023
Lower · Passed
Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 76, nays 24. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.
lower
May 16, 2023
Lower · Passed
Reported with amendments (11-1-1).
lower
Apr 10, 2023
Committee
Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Civil Law and Procedure.
lower
Mar 31, 2023
Committee
Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Civil Law and Procedure.
lower
1 primary · 16 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Valarie Hodges
RRepublican
Co
Alan Seabaugh
RRepublican
Co
BA
Beryl Amedée
RRepublican
Co
Blake Miguez
RRepublican
Co
Chuck Owen
RRepublican
Co
Dodie Horton
RRepublican
Co
Francis Thompson
RRepublican
Co
Gabe Firment
RRepublican
Co
Julie Emerson
RRepublican
Co
Kathy Edmonston
RRepublican
Co
Lance Harris
RRepublican
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