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Sponsors present Property Protection Act to bar specified foreign adversaries from buying land near critical infrastructure

2785270 · February 25, 2025
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House Bill 1 would bar citizens of specified foreign adversary countries from purchasing property within 25 miles of military bases and certain critical infrastructure in Ohio, sponsors told the Public Safety Committee.

Representatives Angie King and Ray Klopfenstein testified on House Bill 1, the "Property Protection Act," which would prohibit citizens of specified foreign adversary countries from purchasing property within 25 miles of military installations or designated critical infrastructure in Ohio.

"Ohio's Property Protection Act is long overdue," Representative Angie King said, framing the bill as a response to national-security concerns about foreign-adversary land ownership near military bases, electrical grid assets, water treatment facilities and other critical nodes. Sponsors said the measure would require a conveyance form in which buyers affirm…

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