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As of September 4, 2025, five statewide ballot measures were certified for the ballot in Louisiana in 2024.

HIGHLIGHTS

The Louisiana State Legislature referred one constitutional amendment to the November 5 ballot and four constitutional amendments to the December 7, 2024, ballot.

On the ballot

November 5:

Type	Title	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Outer Continental Shelf Revenues for Coastal Protection and Restoration Fund Amendment	Require the state's federal revenue from Outer Continental Shelf renewable energy production to be deposited in the Coastal Protection and Restoration Fund	a	1,367,876 (73%)	503,275 (27%)

December 7:

Type	Title	Description	Result	Yes Votes	No Votes
LRCA	Amendment 1	Add five more members to the judiciary commission and provide that the commission is responsible for investigating and recommending disciplinary actions, among other changes	a	176,864 (53%)	155,252 (47%)
LRCA	Amendment 2	Prohibit the consideration of a conference committee report or Senate amendments on an appropriations bill until 48 hours after the bill and a summary of the proposed changes have been distributed to all legislators	a	219,103 (66%)	112,938 (34%)
LRCA	Amendment 3	Allow the legislature to extend its regular session by two-day increments, up to a maximum of six days, in order to pass a bill appropriating money	a	191,729 (58%)	140,452 (42%)
LRCA	Amendment 4	Authorize the legislature to provide for property tax sales in state law	a	180,856 (55%)	150,423 (45%)

Getting measures on the ballot

Citizens

In Louisiana, citizens do not have the power to initiate statewide initiatives or referendums. As of 2021, voters of Louisiana had never voted on a ballot measure to authorize a statewide initiative and referendum process.

Legislature

The Louisiana State Legislature can refer statewide ballot measures, in the form of constitutional amendments, to the ballot in odd-numbered years and even-numbered years. The Louisiana Constitution requires a two-thirds vote in each legislative chamber during one legislative session to refer a constitutional amendment to the ballot.

Referral of 2024 constitutional amendments

The following table illustrates the vote requirements for each constitutional amendment certified for the ballot, the votes each amendment received, and how Democrats and Republicans voted on each amendment in each legislative chamber:

Louisiana Outer Continental Shelf Revenues for Coastal Protection and Restoration Fund Amendment				Democrats	Republicans
Senate:	Required: 26	Yes votes: 33 (84.6%%)	No votes: 3 (7.7%%)	Yes: 11; No: 0	Yes: 22; No: 3
House:	Required: 70	Yes votes: 100 (95.24%)	No votes: 0 (0.00%)	Yes: 30; No: 0	Yes: 69; No: 0
Louisiana Amendment 1, Judiciary Commission Investigation of Sitting Judges Amendment				Democrats	Republicans
Senate:	Required: 26	Yes votes: 37 (94.9%%)	No votes: 0 (0%%)	Yes: 9; No: 0	Yes: 28; No: 0
House:	Required: 70	Yes votes: 94 (89.5%)	No votes: 3 (2.9%)	Yes: 22; No: 3	Yes: 71; No: 0
Louisiana Amendment 2, 48-Hour Waiting Period for Concurrence on Appropriation Bills Amendment				Democrats	Republicans
Senate:	Required: 26	Yes votes: 32 (82.05%)	No votes: 0 (0.00%)	Yes: 7; No: 0	Yes: 25; No: 0
House:	Required: 70	Yes votes: 98 (93.33%)	No votes: 0 (6.67%)	Yes: 28; No: 0	Yes: 69; No: 0
Louisiana Amendment 3, Allow Legislature to Extend Regular Sessions to Pass Appropriations Bills Amendment				Democrats	Republicans
Senate:	Required: 26	Yes votes: 32 (82.05%)	No votes: 0 (0.00%)	Yes: 7; No: 0	Yes: 25; No: 0
House:	Required: 70	Yes votes: 92 (87.62%)	No votes: 1 (0.95%)	Yes: 26; No: 1	Yes: 65; No: 0
Louisiana Amendment 4, Property Tax Payments and Tax Sales Amendment				Democrats	Republicans
Senate:	Required: 26	Yes votes: 35 (89.7%)	No votes: 1 (2.6%)	Yes: 10; No: 0	Yes: 25; No: 1
House:	Required: 70	Yes votes: 94 (89.5%)	No votes: 0 (0.00%)	Yes: 29; No: 0	Yes: 65; No: 0

Historical facts

See also: List of Louisiana ballot measures

A total of 112 constitutional amendments appeared on the statewide ballot in Louisiana during even-numbered years from 2000 through 2022. Of the 112 amendments, 77 (68.75%) were approved and 35 (31.25%) were defeated.

Legislatively-referred constitutional amendments, 2000-2022
Total number	Approved	Percent approved	Defeated	Percent defeated	Even-year average	Even-year median	Even-year minimum	Even-year maximum
112	77	68.75%	35	31.25%	9	8	4	21

Not on the ballot

Type	Number	Title	Subject	Description	Status
LRCA	SB 79	Post-Conviction Bail Amendment	Civil and criminal trials	Provide that the state legislature may provide in state law for post-conviction bail instead of judges having sole discretion to set bail
LRCA	SB 181	State Civil Service Commission Term Limits Amendment	Civil service and Term limits	Enact term limits on state civil service commissioners and shorten terms from six to four years
LRCA	SB 78	Supermajority Vote of Legislature to Create New Courts Amendment	State judiciary	Allow the Louisiana State Legislature to establish new courts by passing a two-thirds vote in both state legislative chambers

See also

• 2024 ballot measures
• List of Louisiana ballot measures
• Louisiana Legislature

External links

• Louisiana State Legislature Proposed Constitutional Amendments