Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly has vetoed proposed restrictions on foreign ownership of land in Kansas.
Kansas state Sen. Mike Thompson, R-Shawnee, answers questions from reporters about proposed restrictions on foreign ownership of land in Kansas as Kansas Attorney General Kris Kobach watches, during a news conference Tuesday, Feb. 6, 2024 at the Statehouse in Topeka, Kan. Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly has vetoed proposed restrictions approved by the Republican-controlled Legislature.
Kansas House Majority Leader Chris Croft, a Kansas City-area Republican and retired Army officer who was among the most vocal supporters of the bill, said Kelly's veto leaves its military bases and other critical infrastructure “wide open for adversarial foreign governments.” Some conservative Republicans, including Kansas Attorney General Kris Kobach, pushed for even stronger restrictions. Kobach backed a plan to ban all foreign ownership of more than 3 acres of land, with a new state board able to make exceptions.
A few Republicans in the state Senate balked at the restrictions, and the bill appeared to be just short of the two-thirds majority necessary to override a veto. The bill would have given affected foreign individuals and companies two years to divest themselves of their Kansas properties.
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