(The Center Square) – Louisiana voters approved a constitutional amendment Tuesday prohibiting former governors from returning to office after serving more than six years, ending a longstanding provision that allowed governors to seek additional terms after leaving office.

The measure, approved with 56% of the vote, effectively bars former Democratic Gov. John Bel Edwards and former Republican Gov. Bobby Jindal from seeking the state’s highest office again.

Previously, Louisiana governors were limited to two consecutive four-year terms but could run again after sitting out one term.

The term limits proposal was among seven of 10 constitutional amendments approved Tuesday, bringing changes to property taxes, criminal justice procedures and government authority.

Five of the proposals involved property taxes, a major source of revenue for parish governments, sheriffs and public schools.

Amendment 9, approved with 58% support, raises the annual income threshold for homeowners eligible for a property tax assessment freeze from $100,000 to $150,000.

The benefit applies to qualifying residents 65 and older, disabled veterans, permanently disabled homeowners and certain surviving military spouses.

Voters also approved Amendment 6 with 64% support, allowing local governments to increase homestead exemptions for qualifying homeowners 65 and older. The additional tax breaks will require approval from local voters before taking effect.

Amendment 1, approved with 74% support, allows surviving spouses of deceased veterans with service-connected disabilities to transfer an additional homestead exemption to a new residence. The measure is expected to have a limited fiscal impact, as only 229 people claimed the existing exemption last year.

On criminal justice, voters approved Amendment 3 with 68% support, prohibiting judges from granting post-conviction bail to defendants convicted of certain serious crimes against minors, including rape, kidnapping and human trafficking.

In New Orleans, Amendment 7 received 65% support, clearing the way for $152 million in federal funding to replace lead water pipes, including those on private property. The funding represents only a fraction of the estimated $1 billion-plus cost of replacing the city’s lead pipes. New Orleans faces a federal deadline of 2037 to complete the work.

Amendment 8, approved with 62% support, adds a constitutional prohibition against foreign adversaries exercising eminent domain powers in Louisiana. State law already restricts certain property acquisitions by designated foreign adversaries, including China, Russia, Iran, Cuba and North Korea.

Meanwhile, voters rejected three other proposals.

Amendment 2, rejected with 58% opposition, would have given local governments more flexibility to temporarily lower property tax rates without losing the authority to restore them later.

Amendment 5, rejected with 62% opposition, would have allowed lawmakers to change how surplus state funds are allocated toward retirement system debt.

Amendment 10, rejected with 53% opposition, would have permitted local governments to offer property tax exemptions to owners who rehabilitate blighted properties.