# Indiana SB 304: Food and beverage taxes.

Indiana SB 304, Food and beverage taxes., is a First Regular Session 124th General Assembly (2025) Senate bill sponsored by Andy Zay; status failed, last action 2025-03-03 (First reading: referred to Committee on Ways and Means); PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-10-19).

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## Facts
- Bill: Indiana SB 304
- State: Indiana
- Session: First Regular Session 124th General Assembly (2025)
- Title: Food and beverage taxes.
- Status: failed
- Chamber: Senate
- Introduced: 2025-01-13
- Last action: 2025-03-03, First reading: referred to Committee on Ways and Means
- Sponsor: Andy Zay
- Cosponsors: 4
- Subjects: tax and fiscal policy, the house, ways and means
- Touches household money: yes
- Roll calls: 1 (47 yes, 2 no in all)
- Economic provisions PRIA read: 0

## Summary

Authorizes the city of Marion and the city of Richmond respectively to impose a food and beverage tax of not more than 1% of the gross retail income received from a taxable transaction. Allows the fiscal body of the town of Shipshewana to increase its food and beverage tax. Specifies that the provisions authorizing the imposition of a food and beverage tax and the increase to a food and beverage tax expire January 1, 2047. Repeals the Indiana Code chapter authorizing the imposition of food and beverage taxes in Wayne County.

## Bill overview

No economic impacts identified for this bill.

## Sponsors and cosponsors

- Sponsor: Andy Zay
- Cosponsor: Brian Buchanan (Republican), Senate
- Cosponsor: Joanna King (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Lonnie Randolph (Democratic), Senate
- Cosponsor: Peggy Mayfield (Republican), House

## Roll call votes

| Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2025-02-18 | Senate | Third reading: passed | pass | 47 | 2 |   |

## Actions (11)

- 2025-03-03: First reading: referred to Committee on Ways and Means (House)
- 2025-02-19: Referred to the House (Senate)
- 2025-02-18: House sponsor: Representative King (Senate)
- 2025-02-18: Cosponsor: Representative Mayfield (Senate)
- 2025-02-18: Third reading: passed; Roll Call 151: yeas 47, nays 2 (Senate)
- 2025-02-13: Second reading: ordered engrossed (Senate)
- 2025-02-11: Committee report: amend do pass, adopted (Senate)
- 2025-02-10: Senator Buchanan added as second author (Senate)
- 2025-01-23: Senator Randolph added as coauthor (Senate)
- 2025-01-13: First reading: referred to Committee on Tax and Fiscal Policy (Senate)
- 2025-01-13: Authored by Senator Zay (Senate)

## Bill text

- Introduced Senate Bill (S): [PDF](https://api.iga.in.gov/2025/bills/SB0304/versions/SB0304.01.INTR?format=pdf)
- Senate Bill (H): [PDF](https://api.iga.in.gov/2025/bills/SB0304/versions/SB0304.02.COMS?format=pdf)

## Related bills

- SB 231: Various corrections matters. (signed)
- SB 324: Criminal procedures. (signed)
- SB 80: Code publication. (signed)
- SB 453: Various tax matters. (signed)
- SB 464: Financial institutions and consumer credit. (signed)
- SB 371: Workforce matters. (signed)

## Sources
- [Introduced Senate Bill (S) (PDF)](https://api.iga.in.gov/2025/bills/SB0304/versions/SB0304.01.INTR?format=pdf)
- [Senate Bill (H) (PDF)](https://api.iga.in.gov/2025/bills/SB0304/versions/SB0304.02.COMS?format=pdf)

## Related
- [SB 231: Various corrections matters.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/IN-SB231-2025)
- [SB 324: Criminal procedures.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/IN-SB324-2025)
- [SB 80: Code publication.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/IN-SB80-2025)
- [SB 453: Various tax matters.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/IN-SB453-2025)
- [SB 464: Financial institutions and consumer credit.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/IN-SB464-2025)
- [SB 371: Workforce matters.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/IN-SB371-2025)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/IN-SB304-2025 (as of 2026-10-19).