H.B. 291: Security and Land Restriction Amendments

About this bill

Signed by the governor on March 24, 2026. This bill amends provisions dealing with the sale of land to restricted foreign entities.

• Lowers the percentage of ownership a restricted foreign entity may maintain in a separate entity before the separate entity is considered a restricted foreign entity
• Provides that the Department of Public Safety (department) shall send a letter to an entity the department suspects of being a restricted foreign entity
• Provides that an entity to which the department sends a letter shall provide evidence that demonstrates the entity is not a restricted foreign entity within 30 days after the day on which the entity receives the letter
• Provides that the attorney general shall coordinate with the Division of Facilities and Construction Management when conducting a sale of a restricted foreign entity's interest in l
• Provides that if an entity does not respond to a letter from the department, the department may impose a fine for each day the entity does not respond
• Makes technical changes

Full bill page: steps, fiscal note and sponsors · Chief sponsor Candice B. Pierucci