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HB812

Law to Increase Parish Assessor Pay

Last scannedAug 25, 2026, 3:26 AM

In one sentence

This law allows parish assessors in Louisiana to increase their annual pay by five percent each year through 2029 if they follow specific rules.

What it does

  • Sets a maximum yearly salary for assessors based on the population of their parish.
  • Allows an extra five percent pay raise every year from 2026 to 2029.
  • Requires assessors to publish notice in the local official journal before raising their own pay.
  • Stops assessors who break property tax exemption rules after December 31, 2025, from getting these raises.

Who it affects

  • Assessors working in Louisiana parishes
  • Parish governments that fund assessor salaries

Limits and unknowns

  • Assessors cannot get these raises if they violate property tax exemption laws after December 31, 2025.
  • This law does not take effect until July 1, 2026.

Plain language

Terms to know

Assessor
A government official who determines the value of property for tax purposes.
Official Journal
The newspaper or publication where a parish must publish legal notices to inform the public.

Official record

Sources

Validated
Official bill pageIntroduced textOfficial digestCurrent bill textStored full record

Official summary

ASSESSORS: Authorizes limited increases in annual compensation for assessors in each parish (EN +$847,031 LF EX See Note)

Official activity

Bill history

  1. Effective date: 07/01/2026.H
  2. Becomes Act No. 953 without the Governor's signature.H
  3. Sent to the Governor for executive approval.H
  4. Signed by the President of the Senate.S
  5. Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.H
  6. Read by title, roll called, yeas 88, nays 5, Senate amendments concurred in.H
  7. Scheduled for concurrence on 05/29/2026.H
  8. Received from the Senate with amendments.H
  9. Senate 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.S
  10. Called from the Calendar.S
  11. Read by title and returned to the Calendar, subject to call.S
  12. Rules suspended.S
  13. Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.S
  14. Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.S
  15. Reported favorably.S
  16. Read by title. Recommitted to the Committee on Finance.S
  17. Reported favorably.S
  18. Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Local and Municipal Affairs.S
  19. Received in the Senate. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.S
  20. Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 86, nays 10. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.H

Changes

Amendments

5 stored

Summary of Senate Amendments to HB812

This amendment adds a rule that stops parish assessors from getting their planned salary raises if they incorrectly tax certain airplanes.

Fiscal Note - HB812 Engrossed With Senate Floor Amendments

Filed 4

House Floor Amendment #2937 Crews Withdrawn

This amendment stops assessors who broke property tax exemption rules after December 31, 2023, from getting a pay raise.

House Vote on HB 812 CONCUR IN SENATE AMENDMENTS (#1740)

This amendment records that the House of Representatives voted to agree with changes made by the Senate to a bill about increasing pay for parish assessors.

Senate Floor Amendment #4364 Seabaugh Adopted

This amendment adds a rule that stops assessors from getting their pay raise if they break property tax exemption laws.