HB 1546 Oklahoma House · 2025 Regular Session

Alien land ownership; definition; prohibited government adversaries; effective date.

HB 1546 revises Oklahoma's laws concerning land ownership by non-citizens and foreign entities, specifically defining "foreign government adversaries" to include countries like China, Iran, North Korea, and Russia. The bill prohibits these foreign government adversaries, or entities they control, from acquiring title to or owning land in the state. It further restricts "foreign principals" from owning agricultural, forestry, or real property within 200 miles of military installations or critical infrastructure facilities. To enforce these rules, most recorded deeds will require an affidavit attesting to compliance with these ownership restrictions, effective November 1, 2025.
Bill status passed 3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2025
Committee Review
Mar 2025
House Passage
Mar 2025
Senate Passage
Governor
Introduced Feb 3, 2025 Last action May 5, 2025
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House Committee Substitute Floor (House) · 3 edits
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The bill was updated from a House Committee Substitute version to the Floor version, primarily involving formatting adjustments, page numbering updates, and reorganization of text layout. No substantive policy changes, new definitions, or modified requirements were introduced.
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Page headers and footers were updated to reflect the Floor version with new page numbering and formatting

Text spacing and indentation were adjusted throughout the document for floor presentation

Line breaks and paragraph structure were reorganized without changing the underlying legal content

Floor votes

How they voted

This bill passed the House by voice vote (no roll call recorded).
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
14
Key actions
4
Committee
4
Mar 17, 2025
Introduced
First Reading
upper
Mar 17, 2025
Lower · Passed
Engrossed, signed, to Senate
lower
Mar 13, 2025
Committee
Referred for engrossment
lower
Mar 13, 2025
Lower · Passed
Third Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 81 Nays: 1
lower
Mar 3, 2025
Lower · Passed
CR; Do Pass, amended by committee substitute Judiciary and Public Safety Oversight Committee
lower
Feb 24, 2025
Lower · Passed
Policy recommendation to the Judiciary and Public Safety Oversight committee; Do Pass, amended by committee substitute Civil Judiciary
lower
Feb 4, 2025
Committee
Referred to Civil Judiciary
lower
Feb 3, 2025
Introduced
First Reading
lower
2 primary · 0 co-sponsors

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