Louisiana ballot measure · November 3, 2026
Louisiana Amendment 6, explained
Additional property tax exemption for homeowners 65 and older. 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 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? (Effective January 1, 2028) (Adds Article VII, Section 21(P))
This is what appears on the ballot. Everything below explains it.
What it actually means
Louisiana's homestead exemption covers the first $7,500 of a home's assessed value, and homeowners 65 and older who meet an income limit can already freeze their assessment. This amendment would add a further exemption on top, rising with age from $6,000 of assessed value at 65 to $30,000 at 81 or older, for those who qualify for that freeze. It takes effect in 2028.
If you vote YES
- Homeowners at least 65 who qualify for the income-based special assessment level would get an additional exemption on top of the $7,500 homestead exemption.
- The additional amount would rise with age: $6,000 of assessed value for ages 65 to 68, $12,000 for 69 to 72, $18,000 for 73 to 76, $24,000 for 77 to 80, and $30,000 for 81 and older.
- The change would take effect January 1, 2028.
- Parishes and municipalities that levy property tax on those homes would collect less from them.
If you vote NO
- There would be no age-based property tax exemption in the Louisiana Constitution; as of 2026 it contains none.
- Homeowners 65 and older would keep what they have now: the $7,500 homestead exemption and, if they meet the income limit, the special assessment level that freezes their assessed value.
- Local property tax bases 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 sponsor is Rep. Les Farnum (R-33); the amendment passed the House 93-0 and the Senate 34-0.
- The ballot question says parishes and municipalities would be authorised to "extend" the exemption, which reads as optional, while the constitutional text sets out fixed amounts; whether a local government could decline to grant it is not clear from the question alone.
- No fiscal note estimating the revenue loss to parishes, municipalities and school districts was located.
- Ballotpedia's rendering shows this amendment adding Article VII, Section 21(P), the same subsection Amendment 10 is described as adding; one of the two citations is likely a drafting or transcription error.
The bottom line
Whether to give older homeowners who already qualify for an assessment freeze a further, age-graduated property tax exemption — relief for seniors on fixed incomes, set against the local revenue that funds parish services and schools.
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
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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 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