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LouisianaHB 2142026 Regular SessionHouseWALLET

TAX/AD VALOREM-EXEMPTION: (Constitutional Amendment) Authorizes a property tax exemption for blighted or derelict properties that have been rehabilitated (EN SEE FISC NOTE LF RV See Note)

Sponsored By: Chance Keith Henry (Republican)

Adopted

Revenue and Fiscal AffairsWays and Means

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Bill Overview

Analyzed Economic Effects

1 provisions identified: 1 benefits, 0 costs, 0 mixed.

Property tax relief for restored properties

The law places a Louisiana constitutional amendment before voters on November 3, 2026. It allows a property tax exemption for blighted or derelict properties that have been repaired. The exemption requires voter approval, state rules, and a local government's choice to offer it. Lawmakers must define qualifying properties and set the exemption's duration, eligibility rules, and local administration procedures. With voter approval, the amendment takes effect January 1, 2027, and applies to property tax years starting on that date. The exemption is in addition to the existing homestead exemption; the amendment sets no exemption amount or cap.

Sponsors & Cosponsors

Sponsor

  • Chance Keith Henry

    Republican • House

Cosponsors

  • Edward J. Price

    Democratic • Senate

  • Gerald Boudreaux

    Democratic • Senate

  • Katrina R. Jackson-Andrews

    Democratic • Senate

  • Regina Barrow

    Democratic • Senate

  • Sam Jenkins

    Democratic • Senate

  • Tehmi Jahi Chassion

    Democratic • House

Roll Call Votes

All Roll Calls

Yes: 130 • No: 14

Senate vote • 5/19/2026

Rules suspended. Read by title, passed by a vote of 33 yeas and 2 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.

Yes: 33 • No: 2

House vote • 4/20/2026

Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 80, nays 12. The bill, having received two-thirds vote of the elected members, was finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.

Yes: 80 • No: 12

House vote • 3/30/2026

Reported favorably

Yes: 17 • No: 0

Actions Timeline

  1. Taken by the Clerk of the House and presented to the Secretary of State in accordance with the Rules of the House.

    5/21/2026House

  2. Becomes Act No. 272.

    5/21/2026House

  3. Effective date: See Act.

    5/21/2026House

  4. Received from the Senate without amendments.

    5/20/2026House

  5. Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.

    5/20/2026House

  6. Signed by the President of the Senate.

    5/20/2026Senate

  7. Rules suspended. Read by title, passed by a vote of 33 yeas and 2 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.

    5/19/2026Senate

  8. Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.

    5/13/2026Senate

  9. Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.

    5/12/2026Senate

  10. Reported favorably.

    5/11/2026Senate

  11. Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Revenue and Fiscal Affairs.

    4/21/2026Senate

  12. Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 80, nays 12. The bill, having received two-thirds vote of the elected members, was finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.

    4/20/2026House

  13. Received in the Senate. Rules suspended. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.

    4/20/2026Senate

  14. Scheduled for floor debate on 04/20/2026.

    4/15/2026House

  15. Read by title, ordered reengrossed, passed to 3rd reading.

    4/14/2026House

  16. Reported without amendments (6-0-1).

    4/13/2026House

  17. Read by title, ordered engrossed, recommitted to the Committee on Civil Law and Procedure.

    3/31/2026House

  18. Reported favorably (17-0). To be recommitted to the Committee on Civil Law and Procedure.

    3/30/2026House

  19. Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Ways and Means.

    3/9/2026House

  20. First appeared in the Interim Calendar on 2/20/2026.

    2/20/2026House

  21. Prefiled.

    2/19/2026House

  22. Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Ways and Means.

    2/19/2026House

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