AR HB1680

Prohibits foreign-party-controlled businesses (entities with 50%+ ownership by prohibited foreign parties) from acquiring or leasing any interest in public or private land in Arkansas

Bars prohibited foreign parties from holding any interest in agricultural land within a ten-mile radius of critical infrastructure, including military installations, power generation facilities, utilities, dams, railways, bridges, tunnels, and cybersecurity systems

Reduces the mandatory divestment period for violations from two years to one year, after which the Attorney General must commence action for judicial foreclosure and forced sale

Defines "critical infrastructure" as physical or virtual systems that, if destroyed, would have debilitating impact on security, national economic security, or public health and safety

Establishes felony penalties for prohibited foreign parties or those acting as agents/trustees who own agricultural land in violation, punishable by up to two years imprisonment and/or $15,000 fine