amendments

Every Louisiana voter decides these 10. Each page has the official ballot title word for word, what a yes or no vote does, and links to the full text.

• CA 1 Disabled veteran's surviving spouse can move the tax exemption onceNeeds a majority to pass

  Biggest change: Lets the surviving spouse of a veteran with a service-connected disability move that extra property tax exemption one time to a new home..

• CA 2 Local taxing bodies can keep a lower tax rate without losing the right to raise it laterNeeds a majority to pass

  Biggest change: Lets a local taxing body keep charging a lower property tax rate without losing its right to go back up to the voter-approved maximum later..

• CA 3 No bail after conviction for certain serious crimes against childrenNeeds a majority to pass

  Biggest change: Bans bail after conviction for people convicted of certain serious (aggravated) crimes against a child under 18..

• CA 4 Lifetime two-term limit for governorNeeds a majority to pass

  Biggest change: Makes the governor's two-term limit a lifetime limit, so a person who served more than one and a half terms could never be elected governor again..

• CA 5 Retirement systems can pay any old debt, not just the oldest firstNeeds a majority to pass

  Biggest change: Lets state retirement systems use one-time state money to pay down any part of their unfunded debt, not only the oldest part first..

• CA 6 Option for parishes and cities to give seniors 65+ an extra homestead exemptionNeeds a majority to pass

  Biggest change: Lets parishes and cities, with local voter approval, give homeowners 65 and older who qualify for the special assessment an extra property tax exemption that grows with age..

• CA 7 Public money can be used to replace lead water lines on private propertyNeeds a majority to pass

  Biggest change: Lets local governments use public money to find, remove or replace lead or other hazardous drinking water lines on the customer's side of the property..

• CA 8 No taking of private property by foreign adversariesNeeds a majority to pass

  Biggest change: Bans a foreign adversary, or its agent, from taking private property through expropriation (eminent domain)..

• CA 9 Raise the income limit for the property tax freeze to $150,000Needs a majority to pass

  Biggest change: Raises the income limit for the property assessment freeze (for seniors and some others) from $100,000 to $150,000..

• CA 10 Optional tax break for fixed-up blighted propertyNeeds a majority to pass

  Biggest change: Lets parishes offer a property tax exemption for blighted or run-down property that has been fixed up, under rules set by state law..

There are 10 proposed changes to the Louisiana Constitution on the Nov. 3 ballot. The Legislature put all of them there. Voters already said no to 5 different amendments on May 16, 2026; those are not on this ballot. Source: Secretary of State, 2026 Proposed Constitutional Amendments (Nov. 3, 2026) ↗.