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Our call — vote YES
The measure
This is a legislatively referred constitutional amendment. Louisiana's constitution allows expropriation of private property for a public and necessary purpose with just compensation, and state law empowers some private companies to expropriate for projects such as pipelines and power transmission. This amendment (HB 192) prohibits expropriation of property by a foreign adversary or an agent of a foreign adversary, both defined by law — the federal foreign-adversary list includes China, Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Russia and the Maduro regime in Venezuela, per the PAR guide and Ballotpedia News.
What YES does
A YES vote bars companies that are, or act for, a listed foreign adversary from ever wielding Louisiana expropriation power over private property.
What NO does
A NO vote retains the current rules, under which no such constitutional prohibition exists.
The math
The PAR guide publishes no dollar fiscal estimate for this amendment. Louisiana's constitution requires a two-thirds vote of the Legislature to place an amendment on the ballot, and a majority of voters to enact it — all ten Louisiana measures in this batch are legislatively referred constitutional amendments.
OUR CALL
Our call: YES.
Expropriation is the state's most coercive power over property short of taxation. Whatever else is debated, no company directed by Beijing, Moscow or Tehran should hold it over a Louisiana landowner. PAR notes there is no evidence this has happened here — which is exactly when a guardrail is cheap to build. Property rights. YES.
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Sources
- Public Affairs Research Council of Louisiana, Guide to the Fall 2026 Constitutional Amendments — https://parlouisiana.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/PAR-Guide-to-the-Fall-2026-Constitutional-Amendments.pdf
- Ballotpedia News, Louisiana 2026 constitutional amendments — https://news.ballotpedia.org/2026/06/03/louisiana-voters-will-decide-on-10-legislatively-referred-ballot-measures-in-nov-2026/
Result pending. No verified call (Associated Press or official) as of November 4, 2026. This page will be updated when the race is called or certified. The original article above is unchanged.
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