Published: April 9, 2026
By: Veronica Camenzuli, LSU Manship School News Service
BATON ROUGE — An amendment that would allow parishes to increase the homestead exemption failed 9-5 in a House committee hearing Tuesday while a Senate committee heard but deferred two similar homestead-exemption amendments.
The House Ways and Means Committee did not advance House Bill 440, which would have allowed parishes to increase the exemption up to an additional $5,000 of the assessed value, or a maximum of $125,000 off the market value.
“At a time when we have rising insurance premiums and a rising cost of living, this provides an immediate, tangible financial relief to Louisiana families,” said Rep. Candace Newell, D-New Orleans, who wrote the bill.
The current exemption is $7,500, which has not been increased since 1980.
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