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What has Lindsay James done to bring down utility costs?

Matches stated direction. In April 2026 she voted for a bill, now law, ending Iowa sales tax on building, repairing or restarting nuclear plants. It sets no utility rates, and her price-gouging call was not tested.

Lindsay James

Energy: new nuclear plants

Matches stated direction

What they say

Her campaign says new energy sources should be fast-tracked to bring down utility costs, and big utilities held responsible for price gouging.

“fast track innovative new sources of energy to bring down utilities costs”

What the record shows ·

On April 15, 2026 she voted for House File 2757, which passed the House 94-1. It exempts from Iowa sales tax the goods and services used to build, repair or restart a nuclear power plant. She was absent for the final House vote on April 30, after the Senate changed the bill; the governor signed it on June 1, 2026.

Limit: The law cuts taxes on nuclear plant projects; it does not set utility rates. Her call to hold utilities responsible for price gouging was not tested.

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  1. Bring Down the Cost of Living for Working Iowanshttps://www.lindsayforiowa.com/issues/issue-1

    Lindsay for Iowa · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    Campaign issue page on housing, child care, utilities, groceries, long-term care, paid leave and taxes.

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  2. Iowa House Journal, April 15, 2026, pages 908-909 (document)

    Iowa Legislature · Published Apr 15, 2026 · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    Roll call on House File 2757: ayes 94, nays 1. James among the ayes.

    official legislative record

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  3. House File 2757 (2026), as passed by the House April 15, 2026 (document)

    Iowa Legislature · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    The version she voted for: sales and use tax exemptions for building, repairing or restarting a nuclear plant. The workforce fund in the final law came later, in Senate amendment H-8428.

    official legislative record

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  4. Iowa House Journal, April 30, 2026, page 1051 (document)

    Iowa Legislature · Published Apr 30, 2026 · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    Final House vote on House File 2757 after concurring in the Senate amendment: ayes 83, nays 2, absent or not voting 15. James among the absent.

    official legislative record

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  5. House File 2757 (2026), bill historyhttps://www.legis.iowa.gov/legislation/billTracking/billHistory?billName=HF2757&ga=91

    Iowa Legislature · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    Ways and Means bill on nuclear electric generation facilities. Passed the House 94-1 on April 15, 2026 and 83-2 on April 30, 2026 after the House concurred in Senate amendment H-8428; signed June 1, 2026 as 2026 Iowa Acts, chapter 1146.

    official legislative record

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  6. 2026 Iowa Acts, chapter 1146 (House File 2757) (document)

    Iowa Legislature · Reviewed Oct 1, 2026

    The enacted text. Exempts goods and services used to build, expand, repair or restart a nuclear power plant from sales and use tax, and sets up a nuclear energy workforce fund under the Board of Regents.

    official legislative record

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