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Committee reviews bill to bar certain foreign parties — explicitly citing China — from owning West Virginia real estate
Summary
A committee reviewed a bill that would prohibit designated foreign parties — named in the draft as citizens or entities tied to the People’s Republic of China — from owning or transferring West Virginia real estate and mineral rights.
The committee considered House Bill 2691, a strike‑and‑insert that would prohibit ownership and transfers of real property and mineral rights in West Virginia by certain foreign parties. The bill specifically names citizens or residents of the People’s Republic of China who are not U.S. citizens or resident aliens, the government of the People’s Republic of China and related entities; it also authorizes state officials to identify additional prohibited foreign parties determined to be hostile to U.S. or West Virginia interests.
Counsel summarized the bill’s core provisions: defined…
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