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Read. Follow. Verify.Indiana bill eliminates state sales tax on household electricity, gas, water, and steam utility use
Last action · January 5, 2026: First reading: referred to Committee on Ways and MeansSponsor: Justin Moed
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What This Bill Proposed
House Bill 1213 exempts utility providers from being classified as s for domestic utility sales, ending state sales tax on household electricity, natural or artificial gas, water, and steam heating services starting July 1, 2026.
Lowers household utility expenses by removing the state sales tax charge from residential energy and water bills for consumers across the state.
Who It Would Have Affected
Groups the bill's text would have affected, as described in the record. Being affected is not a position for or against it.
residential utility consumers
public utilities
Key Facts
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Votes, people, money & the original sourceWhere This Stands
This bill did not become law - Died at adjournment · in House committee.
Procedural history
2 actions- Jan 5, 2026HouseIntroducedFirst reading: referred to Committee on Ways and Means
- Jan 5, 2026HouseAuthored by Representative Moed
Version history
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Analysis Score
0–100- Significance20Lowered because this bill did not pass (its text scored 75)
- Controversy40Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
- Entertainment5Compellingness for a non-policy-wonk reader
- Buzz35Current news / social attention level
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