HB 1453 Oklahoma House · 2026 Regular Session

Property; foreign owners; procedures; divesting requirements; penalties; Attorney General; enforcement; effective date.

HB 1453 prohibits foreign governments or entities from certain countries (under U.S. export controls) from owning agricultural land in Oklahoma. It requires these "prohibited foreign parties" to sell their agricultural land within one year if they already own it, or face legal action by the Attorney General. The bill defines agricultural land broadly (including farming, ranching, and forestry land over 10 acres, excluding mineral rights) and exempts small farms with under $1,000 annual revenue. Violators face court-ordered forced sales, with proceeds going to lienholders. The law does not apply to non-agricultural property or exempt entities like resident aliens.

Bill status in committee 1 of 4 stages cleared

Introduction

Feb 2025

Committee Review

Floor Vote

Governor

Introduced Feb 3, 2025 Last action Feb 19, 2026

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Proposed Policy Committee Substitute 2 → Proposed Committee Substitute (full committee) 1 · 3 edits

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The bill was amended during committee review to change its title from 'Proposed Policy Committee Substitute' to 'Proposed Oversight Committee Substitute' and update the required document number from 16378 to 16862. These changes appear to be administrative updates reflecting the bill's progression through the legislative process rather than substantive policy changes to the bill's content.

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Changed the bill title from 'Proposed Policy Committee Substitute' to 'Proposed Oversight Committee Substitute' to reflect the committee that processed the bill.

Updated the required document number from 16378 to 16862 to reflect the new version of the bill.

Changed the date stamp from February 17, 2026 to March 2, 2026 to reflect the committee's review date.

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Committee

Feb 19, 2026

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