Legislative and State Government Updates

Though it may be alarming to think about, our nation's adversaries work every day to upend the American way of life. 

With that in mind, this year I supported a new law to help protect Hoosiers from the increasing threat of hostile foreign countries like Iran, China and Russia. 

Senate Enrolled Act 256 builds on recent legislation that prevented individuals and businesses from adversarial countries from purchasing farmland in Indiana and required our state to divest from China. 

SEA 256 will: 

• Expand Indiana’s existing ban on businesses from foreign adversary nations owning farmland so these businesses can’t purchase any real property in Indiana; 
• Require agents and political organizations from foreign adversaries to register with the Indiana Attorney General's office;  
• Keep agents from foreign adversaries out of college programs important to our national security; 
• Ban state funding for affiliates of foreign terror organizations; and 
• Prohibit state and local governments from entering into sensitive technology contracts with businesses from foreign adversaries.

This session, I also supported a new law that prohibits the Indiana Economic Development Corporation from awarding tax credits to businesses controlled by a person from, headquartered in or organized in a foreign adversary nation. 

Ensuring we live in a safe and secure state is fundamental to our state’s success, and I will keep fighting to make sure we put Hoosiers first.