BATON ROUGE — Louisiana voters approved seven of the 10 proposed constitutional amendments on Tuesday’s ballot, endorsing changes involving gubernatorial term limits, criminal procedure, property-tax relief and public water infrastructure while rejecting three other proposals.
Among the most consequential results was Amendment 4, approved by roughly 57 percent of voters. The measure changes Louisiana’s gubernatorial term-limit rule from a restriction on consecutive terms to a lifetime limit for people who have served at least one and a half terms. Under the previous system, a former governor could return to office after sitting out a term.
Amendment 3 passed with approximately 70 percent support. It bars post-conviction bail for defendants convicted of specified aggravated offenses against minor children while awaiting sentencing or appeal. It does not replace the separate rules governing bail before conviction.
Property taxes accounted for several decisions. Amendment 1, approved by about 75 percent, permits a qualifying surviving spouse of a disabled veteran to transfer a special property-tax exemption once to another primary residence. Amendment 6, supported by about 65 percent, allows local governments to offer additional property-tax relief to qualifying homeowners age 65 and older, subject to the required local process.
Amendment 9 also passed, raising the income threshold associated with a special property-tax assessment freeze from $100,000 to $150,000 for eligible homeowners. The measure does not eliminate all eligibility conditions.
Voters approved Amendment 7, allowing public funds to be used for certain drinking-water service-line work on private property, including replacement of lead-affected lines. Amendment 8, which restricts expropriation of property by foreign adversaries or their agents, also passed.
Three proposals failed. Amendment 2 would have given local taxing authorities greater flexibility to retain a reduced millage rate without surrendering the ability to return to a previously authorized maximum. Amendment 5 would have changed how certain nonrecurring money could be applied to state retirement-system debt. Amendment 10 would have created a constitutional framework for optional property-tax exemptions for rehabilitated blighted property.
The results illustrate that voters did not simply approve or reject the package as a whole. Measures providing targeted exemptions or restrictions generally succeeded, while the proposals on local millage flexibility, retirement-debt allocation and blighted-property tax treatment failed.
The percentages are rounded election-night figures and remain unofficial pending certification. Implementation of some approved measures will depend on enabling laws or local government decisions.
Sources and verification
KSLA/Gray, Nov. 4 amendment results: https://www.ksla.com/2026/11/04/louisiana-voters-pass-7-10-constitutional-amendments-ballot/
Louisiana Secretary of State election results: https://voterportal.sos.la.gov/Graphical
