# Arkansas HB1680: TO PREVENT A FOREIGN-PARTY-CONTROLLED BUSINESS FROM LEASING LAND; AND TO PROHIBIT A PROHIBITED FOREIGN PARTY FROM HOLDING AN INTEREST IN REAL PROPERTY OR AGRICULTURAL LAND IN CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES.

Arkansas HB1680, TO PREVENT A FOREIGN-PARTY-CONTROLLED BUSINESS FROM LEASING LAND; AND TO PROHIBIT A PROHIBITED FOREIGN PARTY FROM HOLDING AN INTEREST IN REAL PROPERTY OR AGRICULTURAL LAND IN CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES., is a 2025 Regular Session House bill sponsored by Blake Johnson (Republican), DeAnn Vaught (Republican); status enacted, last action 2025-04-17 (Notification that HB1680 is now Act 811) (as of 2026-10-19).

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## Facts
- Bill: Arkansas HB1680
- State: Arkansas
- Session: 2025 Regular Session
- Title: TO PREVENT A FOREIGN-PARTY-CONTROLLED BUSINESS FROM LEASING LAND; AND TO PROHIBIT A PROHIBITED FOREIGN PARTY FROM HOLDING AN INTEREST IN REAL PROPERTY OR AGRICULTURAL LAND IN CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES.
- Status: enacted
- Chamber: House
- Introduced: 2025-03-04
- Last action: 2025-04-17, Notification that HB1680 is now Act 811
- Sponsors: Blake Johnson (Republican), DeAnn Vaught (Republican)
- Cosponsors: 62
- Touches household money: no
- Roll calls: 2 (116 yes, 10 no in all)
- Economic provisions PRIA read: 4

## Summary

No summary available.

## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read

- Foreign land ownership helpers face felonies: cost, low. Felony penalties for prohibited farmland ownership now also cover agents, trustees, and other representatives acting with a prohibited foreign party. A conviction brings up to two years in prison, a $15,000 fine, or both. The penalty applies to ownership after passage of the land-restriction law. O…
- Tighter land limits for covered foreign parties: cost, low. Businesses with at least 50% aggregate ownership by prohibited foreign parties cannot lease any interest in Arkansas land. Agents, trustees, and others holding land for those businesses cannot hold or keep it for them. Agricultural-land rules now cover qualifying farm, ranch, timber, and forestry l…
- Faster forced sales protect lienholder payments: mixed, high. A prohibited foreign-controlled business holding public or private land illegally has one year to sell or give it up, down from two. A prohibited foreign party losing resident-alien status also has one year, down from two, to give up farmland held under that exception. If the business misses its de…
- Foreign land rules cover coordinated ownership: mixed, low. Arkansas changes who counts as a prohibited foreign party under its land rules. Covered groups include people and governments tied to countries subject to federal arms-trade restrictions, certain entities, and their representatives. The rules also cover entities designated by the U.S. State Departm…

## Sponsors and cosponsors

- Sponsor: Blake Johnson (Republican), Senate
- Sponsor: DeAnn Vaught (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Brandon Achor (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Wade Andrews (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Brit McKenzie (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Sonia Eubanks Barker (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Howard M. Beaty, Jr. (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Rick Beck (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Mary Bentley (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Harlan Breaux (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Keith Brooks (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Cameron Cooper (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Frances Cavenaugh (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Paul Childress (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Bruce Cozart (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Cindy Crawford (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: James Eaton (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Brian S. Evans (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Tony Furman (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Jimmy Gazaway (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Zack Gramlich (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Brad Hall (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: RJ Hawk (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Steve Hollowell (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Jeremiah Moore (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Joey L. Carr (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: John P. Carr (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Karilyn Brown (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Lee Johnson (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Wayne Long (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Robin Lundstrum (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Roger D. Lynch (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Matt Brown (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Mark D. McElroy (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Matthew J. Shepherd (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: John Maddox (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Mindy McAlindon (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Rick McClure (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Richard McGrew (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Ron McNair (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Jon Milligan (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Nick Burkes (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Jason Nazarenko (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Stetson Painter (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Shad Pearce (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Mark Perry (Democratic), House
- Cosponsor: Aaron Pilkington (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Chad Puryear (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Rebecca Burkes (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: R. Scott Richardson (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: David Ray (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Marcus E. Richmond (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Ryan A. Rose (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Johnny Rye (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Stan Berry (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Bart Schulz (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Trey Steimel (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Randy Torres (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Dwight Tosh (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Kendon Underwood (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Steve Unger (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Steven Walker (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Carlton Wing (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Jim Wooten (Republican), House

## Roll call votes

| Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2025-04-14 | Senate | Senate Vote - Monday, April 14, 2025 12:57:48 PM | pass | 29 | 6 |   |
| 2025-04-03 | House | House Vote - Thursday, April 3, 2025 3:30:49 PM | pass | 87 | 4 | 2 |

## Actions (16)

- 2025-04-17: Notification that HB1680 is now Act 811 (House)
- 2025-04-15: Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office. (House)
- 2025-04-14: TO BE ENROLLED (House)
- 2025-04-14: Returned from the Senate as passed. (House)
- 2025-04-14: Returned to the House as passed. (Senate)
- 2025-04-14: Read the third time and passed. (Senate)
- 2025-04-08: Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass (Senate)
- 2025-04-03: Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to AGRICULTURE, FORESTRY & ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT - SENATE (Senate)
- 2025-04-03: Received from the House. (Senate)
- 2025-04-03: Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. (House)
- 2025-04-02: Returned by the Committee Do Pass (House)
- 2025-03-31: REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED (House)
- 2025-03-31: Amendment No. 1 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed. (House)
- 2025-03-31: Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment. (House)
- 2025-03-04: Read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and referred to the Committee on AGRICULTURE, FORESTRY & ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT- HOUSE (House)
- 2025-03-04: Filed (House)

## Bill text

- HB1680 - Introduced, 2025-03-04: [PDF](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FBills%2F2025R%2FPublic%2FHB1680.pdf)
- Act Version: [PDF](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2025R%2FPublic%2F&file=811.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2025%2F2025R)

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## Sources
- [HB1680 - Introduced (PDF)](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FBills%2F2025R%2FPublic%2FHB1680.pdf)
- [Act Version (PDF)](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2025R%2FPublic%2F&file=811.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2025%2F2025R)

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- [HB1686: TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING LICENSES TO CARRY CONCEALED HANDGUNS.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/AR-HB1686-2025)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/AR-HB1680-2025 (as of 2026-10-19).