The veto message's own account of what associations already have

The most useful part of the letter, for a board, is the paragraph in which the Governor sets out the existing toolkit as the reason the change was unnecessary:

“Revised Statute 9:1123.115 specifically entitles COAs to not only recover unpaid assessments, but to obtain a privilege (lien) on the condominium, to accelerate assessments under certain circumstances, and to recover attorneys' fees and costs for enforcing its rights.”

The message adds that the privilege “is inferior only to property taxes and governmental assessments,” and continues:

“Additionally, I have seen no evidence that COAs are unable to enforce judgments or collect unpaid assessments through traditional means of debt recovery, such as judgment debtor examinations and wage garnishment following judgment, without evicting homeowners who may otherwise have little equity in their primary residence.”

“I understand the strain that unpaid assessments place on COAs, and I strongly encourage COAs to aggressively pursue lawful debt collection with the tools currently given to them under the law. However, I cannot support this unbalanced weakening of the homestead exemption.”

That is the Governor's characterisation of the law, not a court's, and we quote it as such. But it is a fair inventory: the privilege, acceleration, and fees are all in R.S. 9:1123.115 for condominiums and in R.S. 9:1141.32 and Part III of the Chapter for planned communities.

The message also makes the arithmetic point that decides most cases: “While the homestead exemption protects a unit owner's equity up to $35,000, nothing under the law precludes a COA from recovery from any equity up to $35,000, and does not preclude creditors from satisfying judgment from equity above this threshold.”

No override, and no revival in 2026

The 2025 Regular Session adjourned sine die on June 12, 2025, so an override would have required a veto session. The Legislature's own session list shows no 2025 veto session — the 2025 First Extraordinary Session, convened October 23, 2025, was called for a single object: “To legislate relative to the election code, election dates, election deadlines, and election plans for the 2026 election cycle.” HB 343 was one of eighteen instruments on the 2025 veto list, and the Final Disposition table records it as VETOED.

Nor was it refiled. A search of the complete 972-act index of the 2026 Regular Session for “homestead,” “seizure” and “exempt” returns Act 34 (a homestead-exemption registration form) and Act 55 (exemptions from seizure for motor vehicles). Neither touches association assessments.

Where the question actually went

To the Louisiana State Law Institute, by resolution. Senate Resolution 18 of the 2026 Regular Session, by Senator Franklin Foil — adopted April 8, 2026 and sent to the Secretary of State — resolves:

“THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Senate of the Legislature of Louisiana does hereby urge and request the Louisiana State Law Institute to study and recommend legislation relative to the feasibility of allowing an exception to the homestead exemption from seizure for certain unpaid or accelerated costs subject to the Louisiana Condominium Act.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Louisiana State Law Institute report its findings and recommendations to the legislature on or before March 1, 2027.”

A resolution changes no statute, and this one needed no gubernatorial signature. What it does is fix a date. March 1, 2027 falls six weeks before the 2027 Regular Session convenes on April 12.³

The resolution's recitals are also a compact statement of current law, and they name a figure worth carrying: Louisiana law “creates a privilege for the condominium association on a condominium parcel for all unpaid or accelerated sums assessed by the association, any fines or late fees in excess of two hundred fifty dollars, and interest at the rate provided in the condominium declaration or, in the absence, at the legal interest rate” — and “the homestead exemption does not include an exception for certain unpaid or accelerated condominium association costs.”

What this means for a board today

The exemption applies. A condominium association with a judgment against a delinquent owner reaches equity above $35,000 and does not reach the protected tranche — and in a Louisiana market where many units carry little equity, that is frequently the whole recovery. The routes that remain are the ones the veto message named: the recorded privilege with its rank, acceleration where the trigger is met, fee recovery, and ordinary judgment enforcement including debtor examinations and garnishment.

What to watch next

March 1, 2027, for the Law Institute's report. And note the same Institute has separately finished a full revision of the Condominium Act aimed at the 2027 session — so a homestead recommendation could arrive alongside a rewrite of the Act the exemption question sits inside.