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Legislation

Every jurisdiction in this catalog has entries whose figures move when a bill passes, whose act takes effect on a later date, or whose program is repealed while its agency keeps advertising it. This page watches each jurisdiction's law, follows a bill through its own jurisdiction's process where its stages are recorded, and names the catalog entries each instrument touches.

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2 instruments in Louisiana. Tracked across 51 jurisdictions. Every other jurisdiction on the board is still watched by hand.

A bill that died is listed only where a guide, an agency, or a news story has described it as current law. That is the failure that puts a number in front of a veteran which no assessor, registrar, or school will honor.

LouisianaState

Act 39 Proposed amendment dropping the occupy-and-own condition for surviving spouses

Watching a later dateAwaiting a voteScope changed

2026 Regular Session, SB 180Would take effect 2027-01-01

Introduced Done, 2026-02-25, step 1 of 7
In committee Done, 2026-03-09, step 2 of 7
Passed one chamber Done, 2026-03-24, step 3 of 7
Passed the legislature Done, 2026-05-11, step 4 of 7
On the ballot Done, 2026-05-13, step 5 of 7
Approved by voters Next, step 6 of 7
In effect Not yet, step 7 of 7

Expands benefits Would let the surviving spouse of a disabled veteran keep the expanded homestead exemption without the occupy-and-own condition and move it once to a new home.

Not law. The measure goes to Louisiana voters at the statewide election on November 3, 2026. If it is ratified it drops the occupy-and-own condition for a surviving spouse and adds a one-time transfer to a new home, effective January 1, 2027 for taxable years beginning that day. Nothing in it is in force unless and until the vote passes.

Sponsor

Touches La. Const. art. VII, § 21(K)(1)

Catalog entries (2)

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LouisianaState

Acts 2025, No. 220 (HB 300) Proposed amendment raising the special assessment level income cap to $150,000

Watching a later dateAwaiting a voteFigure moved

Passed 2025-06-09Would take effect 2027-01-01

Introduced Done, 2025-04-02, step 1 of 7
In committee Done, 2025-04-14, step 2 of 7
Passed one chamber Done, 2025-05-29, step 3 of 7
Passed the legislature Done, 2025-06-09, step 4 of 7
On the ballot Done, 2025-06-13, step 5 of 7
Approved by voters Next, step 6 of 7
In effect Not yet, step 7 of 7

Expands benefits Would raise the special assessment level income cap from $100,000 to $150,000, letting more qualifying owners keep their assessment down.

Not law. The measure goes to Louisiana voters at the statewide election on November 3, 2026. On ratification the cap rises from the $100,000 indexed figure to $150,000 from January 1, 2027, indexed annually from tax year 2028, and the assessor may verify income from the federal adjusted gross income on the Louisiana return. Until it is ratified the indexed $100,000 governs, so ask the parish assessor for the current figure rather than quoting either number.

Sponsor

Touches La. Const. art. VII, § 18

Catalog entry

Louisiana Special Assessment Level Freeze at 50%

Official record

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