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Read. Follow. Verify.Louisiana authorizes 5% annual pay increases for parish tax assessors through 2029
Last action · June 23, 2026: Effective date: 07/01/2026.Sponsors: Ken Brass and 25 others
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What This Bill Does
Louisiana law authorizes an annual 5% compensation increase for each parish tax assessor through calendar year 2029, starting July 1, 2026. Assessors must publish a notice of intent in their parish's at least 30 days before raising their pay, and those who assess property in violation of specific tax exemptions are disqualified from receiving the increase.
Parish tax assessors across Louisiana become eligible for four consecutive annual pay increases totaling an estimated $847,031 statewide, provided they meet publication requirements and comply with property tax exemption laws.
- Parish tax assessors in Louisiana are locally elected officials responsible for listing and valuing all property subject to ad valorem taxation within their respective parishes. context
Who It Affects
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parish tax assessors
Parish tax assessors become eligible for a 5% annual compensation increase through calendar year 2029 upon meeting publication and compliance conditions.
Key Facts
- Annual compensation for each parish assessor is increased by five percent annually through calendar year 2029.
- Assessors must publish a notice of intent to increase compensation on two separate days in the official journal of the parish.
- The last day of publication for the notice of intent must be at least thirty days prior to the date the assessor increases compensation.
- Assessors who assess property in violation of the exemption provided in R.S. 47:6001 for any taxable year ending after December 31, 2025, are ineligible for the compensation increase.
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- The intent of the act is to authorize four compensation increases, one per year, during the 2026, 2027, 2028, and 2029 calendar years.
- The Act becomes effective on July 1, 2026.
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Votes, people, money & the original sourceWhere This Stands
Current status: Became law without the governor's signature.
Procedural history
27 actions- Jun 23, 2026HouseBecomes Act No. 953 without the Governor's signature.
- Jun 23, 2026HouseEffective date: 07/01/2026.
- Jun 1, 2026SenateEnrolledSigned by the President of the Senate.
- Jun 1, 2026HouseSent to the Governor for executive approval.
- May 31, 2026HouseEnrolledEnrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.
- May 29, 2026HouseScheduled for concurrence on 05/29/2026.
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- May 29, 2026HouseIntroducedRead by title, roll called, yeas 88, nays 5, Senate amendments concurred in.
- May 28, 2026HouseReceived from the Senate with amendments.
- May 27, 2026SenateCalled from the Calendar.
- May 27, 2026SenateFloorSenate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title, passed by a vote of 37 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.
- May 21, 2026SenateRules suspended.
- May 21, 2026SenateIntroducedRead by title and returned to the Calendar, subject to call.
- May 18, 2026SenateFloorReported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.
- May 14, 2026SenateIntroducedRead by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
- May 13, 2026SenateCommitteeReported favorably.
- Apr 27, 2026SenateIntroducedRead by title. Recommitted to the Committee on Finance.
- Apr 22, 2026SenateCommitteeReported favorably.
- Apr 8, 2026SenateCommitteeRead second time by title and referred to the Committee on Local and Municipal Affairs.
- Apr 7, 2026HouseFloorRead third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 86, nays 10. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.
- Apr 7, 2026SenateReceived in the Senate. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.
- Apr 1, 2026HouseScheduled for floor debate on 04/07/2026.
- Mar 31, 2026HouseFloorRead by title, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading.
- Mar 30, 2026HouseCommitteeReported favorably (16-0).
- Mar 9, 2026HouseIntroducedRead by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Ways and Means.
- Feb 27, 2026HousePrefiled.
- Feb 27, 2026HouseCommitteeUnder the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Ways and Means.
- Feb 27, 2026HouseFirst appeared in the Interim Calendar on 2/27/2026.
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Multi-year Pay Adjustments Tied to Compliance
The law implements structured multi-year compensation increases explicitly conditional on adherence to statutory property tax exemptions and public notification.
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0–100- Significance45How much this matters to a regular citizen
- Controversy20Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
- Entertainment5Compellingness for a non-policy-wonk reader
- Buzz15Current news / social attention level
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