TAX EXEMPTIONS/HOMESTEAD: (Constitutional Amendment) Authorizes a parish governing authority to increase the amount of the homestead exemption (RE SEE FISC NOTE LF RV See Note)
HB 271 is a proposed constitutional amendment that would allow parish governing authorities to increase the homestead exemption on property taxes. If a parish chooses to increase this exemption, the bill specifies that any resulting decrease in tax revenue must be absorbed by the affected taxing authority. This measure aims to prevent other taxpayers from incurring additional tax liability due to the increased exemption, and ensures that the exemption increase itself will not trigger property reappraisals or millage adjustments.
Bill status
in committee
2 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Apr 2025
Committee Review
May 2025
House Failed
May 2025
Governor
Introduced Apr 2, 2025
Last action May 19, 2025
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HB271 Reengrossed
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HB271 Engrossed
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May 14, 2025
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The bill's sponsor list was reduced from three representatives to two, removing Representative Mandie Landry from the authorship. Additionally, the document header was updated from 'REENGROSSED' to 'ENGROSSED', reflecting the bill's final passage status. No substantive policy, funding, or eligibility changes were identified in this diff.
Scope change
The bill's scope and applicability remain unchanged; this is a procedural update regarding the bill's authors and status.
TECHNICAL
Representative Mandie Landry was removed from the list of bill sponsors.
The document status header was changed from 'REENGROSSED' to 'ENGROSSED' to indicate the bill is in its final form.
Floor votes · House May 19, 2025
How they voted
42–55
Failed · 5 other
Total votes 102
May 19, 2025
D
Democratic31
90% Yea
R
Republican71
77% Nay
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
13
Key actions
2
Committee
5
May 19, 2025
Vote failed
House Vote: fail (42-55-5)
house
May 13, 2025
Lower · Passed
Reported with amendments (9-0).
lower
May 7, 2025
Committee
Read by title, amended, ordered engrossed, recommitted to the Committee on Civil Law and Procedure.
lower
May 6, 2025
Lower · Passed
Reported with amendments (9-5). To be recommitted to the Committee on Civil Law and Procedure.
lower
Apr 14, 2025
Committee
Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Ways and Means.
lower
Apr 2, 2025
Committee
Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Ways and Means.
lower
1 primary · 2 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Matt Willard
DDemocratic
Co
Alonzo Knox
DDemocratic
Co
Mandie Landry
DDemocratic
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