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Our call — vote YES
The measure
This is a legislatively referred constitutional amendment. Louisiana's special assessment level freezes a qualifying homeowner's property assessment — available to homeowners 65 and older, certain disabled veterans, and the permanently and totally disabled — if adjusted gross income does not exceed $100,000, a cap now adjusted annually for inflation. This amendment (HB 300) raises that income limit to $150,000, with inflation adjustments resuming from the 2028 tax year, per the PAR guide. Nearly 233,000 people received special assessments in 2025, according to Louisiana Tax Commission data cited by PAR.
What YES does
A YES vote extends the assessment freeze to qualifying homeowners with incomes up to $150,000.
What NO does
A NO vote keeps the $100,000 cap, with its inflation adjustments.
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.
An assessment freeze is only as good as its eligibility line, and $100,000 in 2026 is not the affluence it was when voters set a lower line in 2001 — inflation has already moved the real threshold once. Raising the cap keeps seniors and disabled homeowners from being taxed out of homes they own by assessments they cannot control. Targeted tax restraint for fixed-income households. 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.
AI-assisted article — but the sources are human, and the facts are very real.