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House advances bill expanding definition for prohibited foreign acquisition of land; floor debate questions mapping and enforcement
Summary
House Bill 358, which defines military installations for purposes of restricting foreign acquisition of certain property interests, passed after floor debate; the clerk's roll call recorded the ayes as 20 and the nays as 50 while the presiding officer declared the bill passed.
The Georgia House considered and passed House Bill 358, a measure described on the floor as a definitions bill intended to expand or clarify what constitutes a "military installation" for purposes of a statute that restricts certain foreign persons and entities from acquiring possessory interests in land.
Representative Smith, who presented the bill, characterized it as a narrow clarification that follows earlier legislation (Senate Bill 420) aimed at preventing agents of hostile foreign…
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