NEW: Texas Has Banned China, Russia, Iran, and North Korea From Buying Land In Their State.
Texas has become the latest state to cement a ban on land and property purchases by individuals or entities from adversarial nations.
Republican Gov. Greg Abbott signed Senate Bill 17 into law over the weekend, prohibiting countries identified as security threats in the intelligence community’s 2025 Annual Threat Assessment, from acquiring “real property” in the state. The countries include China, Russia, Iran and North Korea, and the bill identified “real property” as agricultural land, commercial or industrial properties, residential properties and land used for mining or water use.
