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Idaho proposal would bar certain foreign 'adversaries' from buying farmland, require registration and allow foreclosure
Summary
Rep. Ted Hill introduced RS 31,940 to expand restrictions on foreign ownership of agricultural land, require registration by designated foreign adversaries and create a foreclosure pathway; committee members asked for detail on water-rights language and administrative enforcement.
Representative Ted Hill, District 14, told the House State Affairs Committee he would introduce RS 31,940, a proposal to expand state restrictions on foreign ownership of land near military training ranges and other sensitive areas.
Hill said the measure would require entities that meet the bill's definition of a “foreign adversary” to register within 60 days of enactment and, for agricultural land, allow the state to seek foreclosure and divestiture within 180 days. "They have to go ahead and register within 60 days of enactment of this bill and within 180 days we can foreclose on them," Hill said. He also described a whistleblower provision: "if they foreclose it, they get 30% of the proceeds," which Hill said is intended to incentivize reporting.
Hill framed the bill as incremental: earlier laws barred certain purchases but did not provide a direct enforcement path. "Current laws passed in the past ... restricted anybody buying agricultural land and mines…
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