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Amendment No. 1 (May 16, 2026): Act 223 (2025 Regular Session)

Act 223 (2025 Regular Session)

No official arguments Failed — Yes 173,508 (21.6%) / No 630,420 (78.4%) (Louisiana SOS results data, all 3,722 precincts reporting) Constitutional amendment State Government As of 2026-10-10
Data note

Louisiana SOS results portal labels itself "Unofficial Results" generically; data file is complete (3,722/3,722 precincts) and was written 2026-06-14, after the canvass. A separately published certified canvass document was not located.

Official SOS statement (Present Constitution / Proposed Amendment summaries) exists in the summaries PDF; not extracted verbatim because it is a 2-column layout.

GAP-FILL 2026-10-10: result replaced with official figures from Louisiana Secretary of State election-results data feed (voterportal.sos.la.gov), May 16, 2026, statewide totals; file write time 2026-06-14 (https://voterportal.sos.la.gov/ElectionResults/ElectionResults/Data?blob=20260516/Votes_Multiparish.htm). Previous value: 'Failed — 22% yes / 78% no (rounded %, WRKF; official SOS vote counts not retrieved)'.

GAP-FILL 2026-10-10: fiscal_impact confirmed NOT published: SB8 (2025 RS) bill record lists no LFO fiscal note.

Ballot text (Ballot proposition)

“Do you support an amendment to allow the legislature to remove or add officers, positions, and employees to the unclassified state civil service?” (Amends Article X, Section 2(B))

What a YES vote means

Not published by the state

What a NO vote means

Not published by the state

Explanatory statement

Act 223 (2025 Regular Session) - Proposing to amend Article X, Section 2(B) of the Constitution of Louisiana, relative to state civil service; to authorize additional positions in the unclassified state civil service by law; to prohibit the removal of such positions except by law; and to specify an election for submission of the proposition to electors and provide a ballot proposition.

Fiscal impact

Not published by the state

Argument FOR

Not published by the state

Argument AGAINST

Not published by the state

Both columns use the same layout. Text is quoted from the official state guide. Views expressed belong to the argument authors.

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