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Louisiana · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

HB 271: 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)

In committee Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

HB 271 is a bill introduced in the Louisiana House on April 2, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: 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). Primary sponsor: Matthew Willard. It lists 2 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (May 19, 2025): Read by title, returned to the calendar.

Generated automatically from the official title, sponsor list, and status record only. It does not characterize the bill’s purpose or effects. How summaries are written

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 2

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Matthew WillardPrimary sponsorNot applicable (committee)——
Alonzo KnoxCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse93
Mandie LandryCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse91

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

  1. Read by title, returned to the calendar.
  2. Scheduled for floor debate on 05/20/2025.
  3. Called from the calendar.
  4. Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 42, nays 58. The bill, not having received two-thirds vote of the elected members, failed to pass.
  5. Scheduled for floor debate on 05/19/2025.
  6. Read by title, amended, ordered reengrossed, passed to 3rd reading.
  7. Reported with amendments (9-0).
  8. Read by title, amended, ordered engrossed, recommitted to the Committee on Civil Law and Procedure.
  9. Reported with amendments (9-5). To be recommitted to the Committee on Civil Law and Procedure.
  10. Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Ways and Means.
  11. Prefiled.
  12. Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Ways and Means.

Sources

  1. Open States / Plural (data from the official legislature website)
  2. Official legislature source