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Virginia · 2026 Regular Session · Bill

SB 464: Interest in agricultural land; amends definition of foreign adversaries.

Passed one chamber Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

SB 464 is a bill introduced in the Virginia Senate on January 13, 2026. According to its official title, it concerns: Interest in agricultural land; amends definition of foreign adversaries. Primary sponsor: Richard Stuart (Republican). Most recent recorded action (March 10, 2026): Left in Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources.

Generated automatically from the official title, sponsor list, and status record only. It does not characterize the bill’s purpose or effects. How summaries are written

Official summary

Abstract published by the legislature (via Open States). Text as published by the legislature; reproduced verbatim.

Interest in agricultural land; foreign adversaries. Amends the definition of foreign adversary, as it relates to the prohibition on ownership of agricultural land by foreign adversaries, to include any business entity that is substantially funded by a foreign government or nongovernment person determined by the U.S. Secretary of Commerce to have engaged in a long-term pattern or serious instances of conduct significantly adverse to the national security of the United States or security and safety of United States persons. The bill also amends the definition of "interest in agricultural land" to (i) include any controlling lease, long-term land use agreement, mineral rights, or water rights and (ii) remove the exclusion for any interest that taken on its own or together with any other interest held in common or under common control does not give the holder of the interest the ability to possess or occupy the agricultural land in any manner or the power or authority to direct the conduct of the agricultural operation being conducted on the agricultural land.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Republican 1

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Richard StuartPrimary sponsorRepublicanSenate25

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

  1. Left in Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources
  2. Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB464)
  3. Rereferred to Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources
  4. Motion to rerefer to Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources agreed to
  5. Floor offered Delegate Kent Substitute
  6. Floor substitute printed 26108809D-H1 (Kent)
  7. Read second time
  8. Reported from Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources (13-Y 9-N)
  9. Referred to Committee on Agriculture, Chesapeake and Natural Resources
  10. Read first time
  11. Placed on Calendar
  12. Read third time and passed Senate Block Vote (38-Y 0-N 0-A)

Showing 12 most recent of 24 actions. Full history

Sources

  1. Open States / Plural (data from the official legislature website)
  2. Official legislature source