Land Laws in Texas: H.B. 402 and S.B. 307

This is not the first time Texas has considered a state “alien land law.” Just last year, State Senator Lois Kolkhost (R) introduced S.B. 147, which is often cited as one of the first examples of modern land laws, introduced in response to what certain lawmakers perceived to be threats to the U.S. electrical grid. Prior to that, Texas has previously passed three versions of alien land laws in 1891, 1892, and 1921, the last of which was only formally repealed by the Texas state legislature in 1965. Asian Americans Advancing Justice | AAJC views any discriminatory land law on non-US individuals to be legally problematic, especially if the law in question is so vague and broad so as to incidentally apply to certain U.S. citizens and lawful permanent residents.

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