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Senate panel adopts substitute language for property bill aimed at blocking foreign adversaries from buying Ohio farmland
Summary
The Senate General Government Committee adopted a substitute for Senate Bill 88 and heard proponent testimony about foreign ownership of agricultural land and gaps in federal reporting. Witnesses urged stronger data collection and state-level protections for farmland.
The Senate General Government Committee adopted a substitute amendment to Senate Bill 88 on a voice vote and then heard proponent testimony urging action to limit foreign adversaries’ purchases of Ohio farmland.
The substitute, adopted without objection, would add a disclosure that “individuals, businesses, counties, criminal enterprises, gangs, cartels, organizations, and governments associated with countries that are deemed by the secretary of state to constitute a threat to the agricultural production, critical infrastructure, security, or military defense of the state or the United States are prohibited from acquiring protected property as defined in section 5301.256 of the Ohio Revised Code” and specify that a brokerage has no duty to investigate…
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