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HB1743

Assigned to Committee
Authored by Mitch Little (R)
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Caption: Relating to the holding or acquisition of an interest in real property by or on behalf of certain foreign individuals or entities; establishing an agricultural intelligence office; creating a criminal offense.
Initially Referred to House State Affairs Committee, chaired by a Republican
This bill would cost taxpayers $2,440,642.00 over five years, according to the Legislative Budget Bureau.

RPT Priority #7: Texas is Not for Sale ENDORSED

HB 1743, known as the Protect Texas Land Act, restricts certain foreign individuals and entities from holding or acquiring interests in agricultural land or other real property in Texas. It requires such persons to report property holdings or transactions to the attorney general and establishes penalties for noncompliance. The bill also creates an Agricultural Intelligence Office to monitor and enforce these provisions, including the forced sale of properties held in violation. These restrictions aim to protect Texas land from foreign control, with compliance deadlines for existing holdings

Co-authors: Curry (R); Harris (R); Hayes (R); Hickland (R); Hopper (R); Hull (R); Kerwin (R); Lozano (R); Metcalf (R); Money (R); Richardson (R); Schoolcraft (R); Shofner (R); Slawson (R); Spiller (R); Tinderholt (R); Virdell (R)

Jan 6, 2025

(H) Little signed onto the bill as Author
(H) Filed

Mar 14, 2025

(H) Read first time
(H) Referred to the House State Affairs, chaired by a Republican

Apr 23, 2025

(H) Hayes signed onto the bill as Coauthor
(H) Tinderholt signed onto the bill as Coauthor
(H) Virdell signed onto the bill as Coauthor
(H) Lozano signed onto the bill as Coauthor
(H) Hopper signed onto the bill as Coauthor
(H) Money signed onto the bill as Coauthor

Apr 28, 2025

(H) Spiller signed onto the bill as Coauthor
(H) Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
(H) Considered in public hearing
(H) Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
(H) Left pending in committee

Apr 30, 2025

(H) Slawson signed onto the bill as Coauthor

May 1, 2025

(H) Harris signed onto the bill as Coauthor

May 2, 2025

(H) Kerwin signed onto the bill as Coauthor

May 5, 2025

(H) Metcalf signed onto the bill as Coauthor

May 6, 2025

(H) Shofner signed onto the bill as Coauthor

May 8, 2025

(H) Schoolcraft signed onto the bill as Coauthor
(H) Richardson signed onto the bill as Coauthor

May 9, 2025

(H) Hickland signed onto the bill as Coauthor

May 20, 2025

(H) Curry signed onto the bill as Coauthor

May 22, 2025

(H) Hull signed onto the bill as Coauthor

Lobbying Against/For/On This Bill

Against

(Mon 4/28/2025) Testifying before H State Affairs as Brian Bradford for self
(Mon 4/28/2025) Testifying before H State Affairs as Ce Wei for self
(Mon 4/28/2025) Testifying before H State Affairs as Changhua Zhang for self
(Mon 4/28/2025) Testifying before H State Affairs as David Wen for self
(Mon 4/28/2025) Testifying before H State Affairs as Erin Walter for self (with Texas Unitarian Universalist Justice Ministry (TXUUJM))
(Mon 4/28/2025) Testifying before H State Affairs as Jason Yuan for self
(Mon 4/28/2025) Testifying before H State Affairs as Jessica Hall for self
(Mon 4/28/2025) Testifying before H State Affairs as Jie Luo for self
(Mon 4/28/2025) Testifying before H State Affairs as Kyle Chen for self
(Mon 4/28/2025) Testifying before H State Affairs as Mingqiu Luo for self
(Mon 4/28/2025) Testifying before H State Affairs as Qirui Cai for self
(Mon 4/28/2025) Testifying before H State Affairs as Santiago Zhang for self
(Mon 4/28/2025) Testifying before H State Affairs as Sarah Syed for self (with Woori Juntos)
(Mon 4/28/2025) Testifying before H State Affairs as Shiyong Xu for self
(Mon 4/28/2025) Testifying before H State Affairs as Stella Ku for self
(Mon 4/28/2025) Testifying before H State Affairs as Tao Huang for self
(Mon 4/28/2025) Testifying before H State Affairs as Thierry Li for self
(Mon 4/28/2025) Testifying before H State Affairs as Xiaoyu Wu for self
(Mon 4/28/2025) Testifying before H State Affairs as Yihong Fu for self
(Mon 4/28/2025) Testifying before H State Affairs as Yukuai He for self
(Mon 4/28/2025) Testifying before H State Affairs as Zhao Guo for self
(Mon 4/28/2025) Registering before H State Affairs as Alice Yi for self
(Mon 4/28/2025) Registering before H State Affairs as Alicia Torres for self
(Mon 4/28/2025) Registering before H State Affairs as Bis Thornton for self (with Texas Unitarian Universalist Justice Ministry (TXUUJM))
(Mon 4/28/2025) Registering before H State Affairs as Celeste Embrey for Texas Bankers Association
(Mon 4/28/2025) Registering before H State Affairs as Daniel Woodward for Texas Civil Rights Project (TCRP)
(Mon 4/28/2025) Registering before H State Affairs as Daniel Zhu for self
(Mon 4/28/2025) Registering before H State Affairs as Daphne Hoffacker for self
(Mon 4/28/2025) Registering before H State Affairs as Ellen Schlesinger for self
(Mon 4/28/2025) Registering before H State Affairs as Gordon Quan for self
(Mon 4/28/2025) Registering before H State Affairs as Jennifer Margulies for self
(Mon 4/28/2025) Registering before H State Affairs as Julia Parenteau for Texas Realtors
(Mon 4/28/2025) Registering before H State Affairs as Kairos Looney for self
(Mon 4/28/2025) Registering before H State Affairs as Kathy Mitchell for self (with Equity Action)
(Mon 4/28/2025) Registering before H State Affairs as Krish Gundu for Texas Jail Project
(Mon 4/28/2025) Registering before H State Affairs as Maria Person for self
(Mon 4/28/2025) Registering before H State Affairs as Melanie Walter-Mahoney for self
(Mon 4/28/2025) Registering before H State Affairs as Meredyth Fowler for Texas Mortgage Bankers Association
(Mon 4/28/2025) Registering before H State Affairs as Michelle Venegas-Matula for self (with Texas Unitarian Universalist Justice Ministry (TXUUJM))
(Mon 4/28/2025) Registering before H State Affairs as Montana Steele for self
(Mon 4/28/2025) Registering before H State Affairs as M. Scott Norman Jr. for Texas Association of Builders (TAB)
(Mon 4/28/2025) Registering before H State Affairs as Niu Ding for self
(Mon 4/28/2025) Registering before H State Affairs as Peng Wei for self
(Mon 4/28/2025) Registering before H State Affairs as Phillip McJunkins for self
(Mon 4/28/2025) Registering before H State Affairs as Qin Gu for self
(Mon 4/28/2025) Registering before H State Affairs as Sandra Gavrilla for self
(Mon 4/28/2025) Registering before H State Affairs as Sarah Cruz for self (with American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU))
(Mon 4/28/2025) Registering before H State Affairs as Steven Deline for self
(Mon 4/28/2025) Registering before H State Affairs as Tim Ingle for self
(Mon 4/28/2025) Registering before H State Affairs as Tristan Stitt for self (with Austin justice coalition)
(Mon 4/28/2025) Registering before H State Affairs as Xuli Liu for self
(Mon 4/28/2025) Registering before H State Affairs as Yifan Ingle for self
(Mon 4/28/2025) Registering before H State Affairs as Yuxiao Li for self
(Mon 4/28/2025) Registering before H State Affairs as Zhangyi He for Ngc Transmission Equipment
(Mon 4/28/2025) Registering before H State Affairs as Ziling Ru for self

For

(Mon 4/28/2025) Testifying before H State Affairs as Daniel Hunt for self (with State Republican Executive Committee)
(Mon 4/28/2025) Registering before H State Affairs as Blake Roach for Texas Farm Bureau
(Mon 4/28/2025) Registering before H State Affairs as Bonnie Seelig for self
(Mon 4/28/2025) Registering before H State Affairs as Cindi Castilla for self (with Texas Eagle Forum)
(Mon 4/28/2025) Registering before H State Affairs as Leslie Thomas for self
(Mon 4/28/2025) Registering before H State Affairs as MICHELLE EVANS for self (with WILLIAMSON COUNTY REPUBLICAN PARTY)

(Mon 4/28/2025) Registering before H State Affairs as Dan Hunter for Texas Department of Agriculture
(Mon 4/28/2025) Registering before H State Affairs as Loren Wadzeck for Ngc