Louisiana ballot measure · November 3, 2026

Louisiana Amendment 9, explained

Raising the income limit for the senior assessment freeze to $150,000. 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 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? (Effective January 1, 2027) (Amends Article VII, Section 18(G)(1)(a)(ii))

This is what appears on the ballot. Everything below explains it.

What it actually means

Louisiana's "special assessment level" freezes a home's assessed value so that rising property values do not raise the owner's tax bill. To qualify you must be 65 or older, disabled, or a qualifying veteran or surviving spouse, and your income must be under a cap — currently $100,000. This amendment raises that cap to $150,000. The last increase, from $50,000 to $100,000, was approved by voters in 2020.

If you vote YES

The income limit to qualify for the special assessment level would rise from $100,000 to $150,000, letting more homeowners freeze their assessed value.
The amendment provides that the resulting decrease in tax collected is absorbed by the taxing authority, and that applying the freeze does not trigger a reappraisal of property or an adjustment of millages.
More older homeowners could stay in homes whose market value has risen sharply without their tax bill following it up.
Parishes, municipalities and school districts would collect less property tax from newly eligible homes, with no millage adjustment to offset it.

If you vote NO

The income cap would stay at $100,000, where voters set it in 2020.
Homeowners over that limit would continue to have their assessments follow market value at each reassessment.
Local taxing bodies would keep the revenue from those homes.

The numbers that matter

Income limit now: $100,000
Income limit if approved: $150,000

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 bill's sponsor is listed as Rep. Shane Mack (R).
The provision that the taxing authority absorbs the loss without a millage adjustment is what makes this a revenue cut rather than a shift onto other taxpayers; no fiscal note quantifying it was located.
Whether the $150,000 cap is indexed to inflation is not stated in the ballot question.

The bottom line

Whether half again as many older homeowners should be able to freeze their property assessments — protection against rising valuations, paid for by the parishes and school districts that absorb the loss.

One neutral sentence describing the tradeoff — not a recommendation.

Sources:powercoalition.org ballotpedia.org knoe.com

Checking it against the official text

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