House narrows foreign‑land restriction in SB1109 to China; amendment adopted

The Arizona House of Representatives adopted a floor amendment narrowing a proposed ban in Senate Bill 1109 to China during a Committee of the Whole on the House floor on May 6, 2025. Representative Collin moved the amendment and described it as “friendly.”

The amendment changed language that previously targeted “foreign entities” broadly so it would prohibit land purchases by China specifically. “On the floor amendment, what we're doing is we're, we're looking at just bringing it down to, China as the nation that is prohibited from, purchasing, land here in here in Arizona,” Representative Collin said. She added, “I find that the original, you know, language was, really sufficient with, foreign, foreign foreign entities, but we need to be be able to bring it down to that 1 area. So this is a friendly amendment, and, I think that we can go ahead and pass that.”

After brief discussion the committee voted to adopt the floor amendment. Representative Diaz then moved that the Committee of the Whole report Senate Bill 1109 “do pass as amended.” The committee recommendation was read later on the floor: “the committee of the whole recommends that SB 1109 do pass as amended.” The House referred SB 1109, as amended, to engrossing.

The floor record does not contain further debate on the amendment's legal mechanics or enforcement mechanisms. The motion and the committee recommendation were recorded on the House floor and the clerk was instructed to record the action and notify the Senate.

The House vote totals for the Committee of the Whole were not recorded in the excerpt beyond the chair’s announcement that “the ayes have it” when the amendment passed; the committee’s report later sent SB 1109 forward as amended. The transcript does not include statutory citations or implementation details for the prohibition in the amended language.