Louisiana ballot measure · November 3, 2026
Louisiana Amendment 10, explained
Property tax exemption for rehabilitated blighted property. 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 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? (Effective January 1, 2027) (Adds Article VII, Section 21(P))
This is what appears on the ballot. Everything below explains it.
What it actually means
Fixing up a derelict building raises its assessed value, and with it the tax bill — which is one reason derelict buildings stay derelict. This amendment would let the state exempt rehabilitated blighted or derelict property from property tax, and would require the Legislature to write the rules: what counts as blighted, how long the exemption lasts, and how local governments administer it.
If you vote YES
- An optional property tax exemption could be granted for blighted or derelict property that has been rehabilitated.
- The Legislature would be required to pass laws defining blighted and derelict property, setting the length of the exemption, and establishing how local governments administer it.
- Louisiana law already defines blighted property as vacant, uninhabitable and hazardous premises declared a public nuisance; the Legislature would set the definition that applies to the exemption.
- Local governments would collect less property tax from qualifying properties during the exemption period.
If you vote NO
- No constitutional authority for the exemption would exist, and the Legislature would not be required to write rules for one.
- Rehabilitated blighted property would continue to be assessed and taxed on its improved value.
- Local governments would keep the resulting revenue, and any incentive to rehabilitate such property would have to come from existing programmes.
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 sponsor is Rep. Chance Henry (R-42); the amendment passed the House 80-12 and the Senate 33-2, with majorities of both parties in favour.
- Almost everything that determines who benefits — the definition of blighted, the length of the exemption, the administration — is left to legislation that has not been written.
- No fiscal note estimating the revenue effect on local governments was located.
- Ballotpedia's rendering shows this amendment adding Article VII, Section 21(P), the same subsection Amendment 6 is described as adding; one of the two citations is likely a drafting or transcription error.
The bottom line
Whether to exempt rehabilitated derelict buildings from property tax to encourage people to fix them, accepting that local governments collect less on those properties while the exemption runs.
One neutral sentence describing the tradeoff — not a recommendation.
Checking it against the official text
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Confirm this with the official source
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Other measures on the Louisiana ballot
- Amendment 1 — Transferring a disabled veteran's surviving spouse property tax exemption
- 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
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