Illinois Senate Bill 2668

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 11-0)
Status: Introduced on January 10 2024 - 25% progression
Action: 2024-01-30 - Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Tom Bennett
Pending: Senate Assignments Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Amends the Property Owned By Noncitizens Act. Provides that a prohibited foreign-party-controlled business shall not acquire by grant, purchase, devise, descent, or otherwise any interest in public or private land in the State. Provides that a prohibited foreign-party-controlled business entity in violation of the provisions has 2 years to divest of the public or private land, and if a prohibited foreign-party-controlled business entity does not divest the public or private land, the Attorney General shall commence an action in the circuit court within the jurisdiction of the public or private land. Provides that a prohibited foreign party shall not acquire by grant, purchase, devise, descent, or otherwise any interest in agricultural land in the State regardless of whether the prohibited foreign party intends to use the agricultural land for nonfarming purposes. Provides that a prohibited foreign party who is a resident alien of the United States shall have the right to acquire and hold agricultural land in the State upon the same terms as a citizen of the United States during the continuance of his or her residence in the State, but if a prohibited foreign party is no longer a resident alien, he or she shall have 2 years to divest of the agricultural land, and that if the prohibited foreign party does not divest of the agricultural land as required, the Attorney General shall commence an action in circuit court within the jurisdiction of the agricultural land. Provides that violation of the provisions by either a prohibited foreign-party-controlled business entity or a prohibited foreign party owning agricultural land shall, upon conviction, be guilty of a Class 4 felony punishable by not more than 2 years imprisonment in the custody of the Department of Corrections or a $15,000 fine, or both. Creates the Office of Agricultural Intelligence within the Department of Agriculture to collect and analyze information concerning the unlawful sale or possession of agricultural land by prohibited foreign parties and administer and enforce the provisions of the Act.

PROHIBITED PROP OWNERSHIP

Sen. Sally Turner [R]	Sen. Thomas Bennett [R]	Sen. John Curran [R]	Sen. Jil Tracy [R]
Sen. Dan McConchie [R]	Sen. Donald DeWitte [R]	Sen. Win Stoller [R]	Sen. Andrew Chesney [R]
Sen. Terri Bryant [R]	Sen. Neil Anderson [R]	Sen. Dave Syverson [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2024-01-30	Senate	Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Tom Bennett
2024-01-30	Senate	Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Dave Syverson
2024-01-29	Senate	Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Neil Anderson
2024-01-26	Senate	Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Terri Bryant
2024-01-26	Senate	Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Andrew S. Chesney
2024-01-26	Senate	Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Win Stoller
2024-01-25	Senate	Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Donald P. DeWitte
2024-01-25	Senate	Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Dan McConchie
2024-01-25	Senate	Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Jil Tracy
2024-01-25	Senate	Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. John F. Curran
2024-01-10	Senate	Referred to Assignments
2024-01-10	Senate	First Reading
2024-01-10	Senate	Filed with Secretary by Sen. Sally J. Turner

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
765	60	1	New Code	See Bill Text
765	60	10	New Code	See Bill Text
765	60	11	New Code	See Bill Text
765	60	12	New Code	See Bill Text
765	60	7	Amended Code	Citation Text
765	60	9	New Code	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=2668&GAID=17&DocTypeID=SB&SessionID=112&GA=103
Text	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/103/SB/10300SB2668.htm