Louisiana ballot measure · November 3, 2026
Louisiana Amendment 1, explained
Transferring a disabled veteran's surviving spouse property tax exemption. A ballot measure is a yes-or-no question put directly to voters — no candidate is involved, and the wording on the ballot is the wording that becomes law. This page shows that wording first, then what it actually changes.
The official wording
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? (Effective January 1, 2027) (Amends Article VII, Section 21(K)(1))
This is what appears on the ballot. Everything below explains it.
What it actually means
Louisiana gives veterans with service-connected disabilities a property tax exemption on top of the standard $7,500 homestead exemption, and a surviving spouse can keep it — but only on the same house. Move, and it is gone. This amendment would let a surviving spouse carry the exemption to one new qualifying home, capped at the value they were already receiving.
If you vote YES
- A surviving spouse of a disabled veteran who receives the additional exemption could transfer it once to a new qualifying home.
- The transferred exemption would be limited to the value previously received, not recalculated upward.
- The change would take effect January 1, 2027.
- Local taxing bodies would collect slightly less property tax from the new property than they otherwise would.
If you vote NO
- The additional exemption would stay attached to the original property. A surviving spouse who sells and moves would lose it.
- The underlying exemptions are unchanged either way: $7,500 of assessed value under the homestead exemption, plus an additional amount tied to the veteran's disability rating.
- Local property tax revenue would be unaffected.
Why supporters say YES
We found none published in the sources reviewed.
Why opponents say NO
We found none published in the sources reviewed.
What’s genuinely uncertain
- No committee has registered on either side and Ballotpedia has located no arguments for or against, so none are presented. The amendment's sponsor is Sen. Franklin Foil (R-16), and it passed the Senate 38-0 and the House 92-0.
- No fiscal note quantifying the loss to local taxing bodies was located.
- How many surviving spouses would use the transfer is not published.
The bottom line
Whether a disabled veteran's surviving spouse can take an existing property tax break with them when they move once, against keeping the break tied to the house it was granted on.
One neutral sentence describing the tradeoff — not a recommendation.
Checking it against the official text
The Louisiana Secretary of State publishes the certified measures and, in most states, an official voter guide with fiscal notes. That is the authoritative version. Everything here is an explanation of it, not a substitute for it.
Confirm this with the official source
Your ballot is determined by your election authority, not by us. Verify your registration, precinct, and sample ballot at Louisiana Secretary of State.
Other measures on the Louisiana ballot
- Amendment 2 — Letting local governments lower a millage and later restore it
- Amendment 3 — No post-conviction bail for aggravated offenses against a minor
- Amendment 4 — Lifetime two-term limit for governor
- Amendment 5 — Which pension debt one-time state money must pay down first
- Amendment 6 — Additional property tax exemption for homeowners 65 and older
- Amendment 7 — Public money to replace lead and other hazardous water lines on private property
- Amendment 8 — Barring foreign adversaries from expropriating property
- Amendment 9 — Raising the income limit for the senior assessment freeze to $150,000
- Amendment 10 — Property tax exemption for rehabilitated blighted property
Candidates on the same ballot
- U.S. Senate election in Louisiana
- Louisiana's 1st congressional district
- Louisiana's 2nd congressional district
- Louisiana's 3rd congressional district
- Louisiana's 4th congressional district
- Louisiana's 5th congressional district
- Louisiana's 6th congressional district