Committee backs bill to adjust 2025 CPI calculation across statutes
Members introduced a bill requiring an adjusted semi‑annual average of the 2025 CPI to be used in statutory inflation calculations, a technical change intended to avoid distortions from an 11‑month Bureau of Labor Statistics estimate and to keep multiple statutory calculations consistent.
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Committee staff and counsel outlined a draft that would change how the consumer price index is calculated for 2025, replacing the Bureau of Labor Statistics' 11‑month estimate with an adjusted semi‑annual average for 2025 and using that figure as the base for 2026 inflation calculations across statutes.
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