Missouri bill would make fiscal notes estimate staff hours to implement new programs
House Bill 2226, sponsored by Representative Louis Riggs, would require fiscal notes to estimate the employee hours needed to implement new programs. Sponsors say the change would reveal a ‘hidden tax’ of lost productivity; critics question the accuracy and cost of producing those hour estimates.
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Representative Louis Riggs introduced House Bill 2226 to the House Committee on Government Efficiency on Feb. 9, 2026, asking that fiscal notes attached to bills include estimates of employee hours needed to implement newly authorized programs. "This bill is as simple as simple gets," Riggs said, adding that fiscal notes should "estimate the employee hours it will take to implement any new programs."
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