Farmland: keeping foreign adversaries out
What they say
Her campaign ad says she led the effort in Raleigh to stop China and other enemies from owning or buying the state's farmland.
“Protecting family farms is personal to me. That's why I led the effort in Raleigh to stop China and other enemies from owning or buying our farmland.”
What the record shows ·
She is the first-listed of four primary sponsors of House Bill 133, the NC Farmland and Military Protection Act, filed February 17, 2025. It passed the House 111 to 0 on April 16, 2025, the Senate rewrote it in June 2026, the House agreed 111 to 2 on June 30, and the governor signed it on July 7, 2026 (Session Law 2026-54). The law bars governments on a federal list of adversaries, which includes China, and entities they control from acquiring farmland or land near listed military bases. Owners who already hold such land may keep it but must register. The ban starts April 1, 2027. She was also a primary sponsor of the 2023 version, which passed the House and stopped in the Senate.
Limit: She led the bill in the sense the legislature records it: first-listed sponsor, with three co-leads and 57 cosponsors. The law covers governments on the federal list and companies they control, not every buyer from those countries. It stops new purchases from April 1, 2027; current owners may keep their land.