Ten Amendments
Every Louisiana voter sees these ten questions. Yes changes the state constitution. No keeps it as it is.
We wrote the titles and the Yes and No summaries in plain words. The quoted question is the exact wording on your ballot, and it is the one that counts.
Amendment 1: Property tax exemption transfer for surviving spouses of disabled veterans
- A Yes vote means
- Some spouses could move a tax break to a new home. This is for the husband or wife of a veteran who had a disability from service and has died. If they get the extra property tax break, they could move it to a new home one time.
- A No vote means
- The rule stays the same. The spouse cannot move the extra tax break to a new home.
What your ballot says
Do you support an amendment to allow the surviving spouse of a deceased veteran with a service-connected disability, who receives the additional property tax exemption, to make a one-time transfer of the additional property tax exemption to a subsequent qualifying property?
Act 39 (2026). Changes Article VII, Section 21(K)(1). Takes effect January 1, 2027 if approved.
Amendment 2: Local millage rates after reassessment
- A Yes vote means
- Local tax bodies could keep a lower tax rate and still go back up later. Today, a body that charges less than its top rate can lose the right to raise it back.
- A No vote means
- The rule stays the same. A taxing body that charges less than its highest allowed rate can lose the right to go back up.
What your ballot says
Do you support an amendment to allow a local taxing authority to continue to levy a lower millage rate without losing its ability to adjust to the maximum authorized millage rate from a prior year's reassessment?
Act 273 (2026). Changes Article VII, Section 23(C). Takes effect January 1, 2027 if approved.
Amendment 3: Post-conviction bail for aggravated offenses against minors
- A Yes vote means
- No bail after some convictions. A person found guilty of an aggravated crime against a child could not get out on bail after the verdict.
- A No vote means
- The state constitution stays the same on bail after conviction.
What your ballot says
Do you support an amendment to prohibit a defendant from being released on any post-conviction bail if the defendant is convicted of an aggravated offense against a minor child?
Act 271 (2026). Changes Article I, Section 18(C).
Amendment 4: Lifetime term limit for governor
- A Yes vote means
- A lifetime limit for governor. A person who has served more than one and a half terms as governor could never be elected governor again.
- A No vote means
- The state constitution stays the same on term limits for governor.
What your ballot says
Do you support an amendment to prohibit a person who has served more than one and one-half terms as governor from being elected as governor for any future term?
Act 414 (2026). Changes Article IV, Section 3(B).
Amendment 5: State retirement system unfunded liability
- A Yes vote means
- More choice in paying down pension debt. State retirement systems could use one-time state money on any of their unpaid debt. Today, it must go to the oldest debt first.
- A No vote means
- The rule stays the same. One-time state money must go to the oldest unpaid debt first.
What your ballot says
Do you support an amendment to authorize a state retirement system to apply any nonrecurring state monies it receives to any of its unfunded accrued liability rather than requiring application to its oldest unfunded accrued liability?
Act 606 (2026). Changes Article VII, Section 10(D)(2)(b)(iii).
Amendment 6: Additional homestead exemption for residents 65 and older
- A Yes vote means
- A new tax break option for seniors. Parishes and cities could give an extra property tax break on homes of people 65 or older. The owner must live in the home and qualify for the special assessment level.
- A No vote means
- The state constitution stays the same. Parishes and cities do not get this new option.
What your ballot says
Do you support an amendment to authorize parishes and municipalities to extend an additional property tax exemption for property subject to the homestead exemption that is owned and occupied by a person who is at least sixty-five years of age and who qualifies for the special assessment level?
Act 274 (2026). Changes Article VII, Section 21(P). Takes effect January 1, 2028 if approved.
Amendment 7: Public funds for lead water service lines
- A Yes vote means
- Public money for lead water lines. Local governments could pay to find, list, remove, or replace water lines on a customer's property. This covers lines with materials named in federal lead pipe rules.
- A No vote means
- The state constitution stays the same on using public money for water lines on private property.
What your ballot says
Do you support an amendment to allow for the use of public funds by a political subdivision for the purpose of identifying, inventorying, removing or replacing drinking water utility service lines made of or affected by materials as specified or prescribed by the Lead and Copper Rule Improvements of the United States Environmental Protection Agency, promulgated October 30, 2024, or subsequent promulgation, on property owned by utility customers?
Act 607 (2026). Changes Article VII, Section 14.
Amendment 8: Expropriation by foreign adversaries
- A Yes vote means
- No land taking by foreign adversaries. A foreign adversary, or someone acting for one, could not use expropriation to take private property. Expropriation is a legal process that forces an owner to sell land for a public purpose.
- A No vote means
- The state constitution stays the same on expropriation.
What your ballot says
Do you support an amendment to prohibit expropriation of property by a foreign adversary or an agent of a foreign adversary?
Act 277 (2026). Changes Article I, Section 4(B)(4).
Amendment 9: Income limit for the special assessment level
- A Yes vote means
- A higher income limit for a tax benefit. The special assessment level is a property tax benefit for some homeowners. The most income you can have and still get it would go up.
- A No vote means
- The income limit for the special assessment level stays the same.
What your ballot says
Do you support an amendment to increase the maximum amount of income a person may receive and still qualify for the special assessment level for residential property receiving the homestead exemption?
Act 220 (2025). Changes Article VII, Section 18(G)(1)(a)(ii). Takes effect January 1, 2027 if approved.
Amendment 10: Tax exemptions for rehabilitated blighted property
- A Yes vote means
- Tax breaks for fixed-up blighted property. Run-down property that has been fixed up could get a property tax break. Lawmakers would have to pass rules to run it.
- A No vote means
- The state constitution stays the same. No new tax break for fixed-up blighted properties.
What your ballot says
Do you support an amendment to allow property tax exemptions for blighted or derelict properties that have been rehabilitated, and to require the legislature to enact laws providing for administration of these exemptions?
Act 272 (2026). Changes Article VII, Section 21(P). Takes effect January 1, 2027 if approved.
Source: Louisiana Secretary of State, 2026 Proposed Constitutional Amendments, checked October 10, 2026. The full text of each act is on the Legislature's website.