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Senate debate opens on bill to bar certain foreign adversaries from acquiring Oregon land, water and mineral rights
Summary
Senate Bill 10 23 would require the Oregon attorney general to maintain a list of persons known or believed to be U.S. adversaries and make listed persons ineligible to receive property, mineral or water rights; the bill includes appeal processes and exceptions tied to national security agreements.
Chair Manning opened a public hearing and received an overview of Senate Bill 10 23 on March 13, 2025. Legislative counsel summarized the bill as directing the Oregon attorney general to adopt and periodically revise a list of persons known or believed to be adversaries of the United States, and to consider including persons on lists maintained by the federal government.
Under the bill as described, persons placed on that list would be ineligible to receive specified rights — including property, mineral or water rights — and deeds or sales agreements could be voided for conveyances that attempt to transfer exclusive farm or forest use or mining,…
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