HB26-1364 • 2026

2025 Consumer Price Index Calculation

Joint Budget Committee. The United States bureau of labor statistics (BLS) determines the consumer price index (CPI) for each month. At the end of a year, the BLS determines the CPI for that year by a

Budget Education

Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor: Rep. E. Sirota, Rep. R. Taggart, Sen. J. Bridges, Sen. B. Kirkmeyer, Rep. K. Brown, Sen. J. Amabile
Last action: 2026-04-14
Official status: Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole
Effective date: Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The official source material did not provide specific details on future practices beyond 2025, leaving this aspect uncertain.

Consumer Price Index Calculation for 2025

This bill changes how the Consumer Price Index (CPI) is calculated for the year 2025 by averaging two semi-annual reports instead of monthly data.

What This Bill Does

Determines the CPI for 2025 by averaging the CPI from the first and second halves of 2025, giving each half equal weight.

Who It Names or Affects

The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) will use this new method to calculate the CPI for 2025.
People who rely on accurate CPI data for financial planning or analysis in 2025 may be affected.

Terms To Know

Consumer Price Index (CPI): A measure that looks at the average change over time in the prices paid by urban consumers for a market basket of consumer goods and services.
Semi-annual: Relating to or occurring every half year, twice per year.

Limits and Unknowns

The bill only affects the calculation of CPI for the year 2025 and does not change how CPI is calculated in other years.
It's unclear if this method will be used again after 2025 or if it will become a standard practice.

Amendments

These notes stay tied to the official amendment files and metadata from the legislature.

J.001

HOU Appropriations

Passed [*]

Plain English: The amendment modifies the appropriation for the Department of Education by adjusting specific funding amounts and adding details about how certain funds are to be used, particularly for the Teacher Recruitment Education and Preparation (TREP) Program.

Adjusts the total state share of district program funding from $5,567,435,495 to $5,576,489,047.
Increases the amount for School Finance Audit Payments from $3,000,000 to $3,000,000 (likely a typo or formatting issue).
Specifies that up to $2,683,000 of the appropriation can be used for the TREP Program.

The amendment text includes several financial figures and references to specific legal sections which may require additional context to fully understand.
Some parts of the amendment are formatted oddly or contain what appears to be typographical errors, making it difficult to interpret certain changes accurately.

L.001

HOU Appropriations

Passed [*]

Plain English: The amendment changes specific sections of the bill by removing certain lines and substituting them with new references to other sections.

Removes lines 4 through 6 on page 3 and replaces them with '(I) SECTION 10-16-104; AND'.
Reletters subsequent paragraphs after the changes made in previous steps.
Strikes out lines 25 and 26 on page 3 and substitutes them with '(I) SECTION 15-1-1106;'
Removes lines 6 through 8 on page 5.

The exact impact of these changes is not fully explained in the provided amendment text.
It's unclear what specific content was originally in the lines being struck and substituted, which limits a full understanding of the amendment's purpose.

Bill History

2026-04-14 Senate
Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Unamended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole
2026-04-13 Senate
Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Appropriations
2026-04-11 House
House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments
2026-04-10 House
House Third Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
2026-04-09 House
House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee
2026-04-08 House
House Second Reading Special Order - Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
2026-04-07 House
House Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole
2026-04-02 House
Introduced In House - Assigned to Appropriations

Official Summary Text

Joint Budget Committee.
The United States bureau of labor statistics (BLS) determines the consumer price index (CPI) for each month. At the end of a year, the BLS determines the CPI for that year by averaging the CPI for each month in the year. However, as of March 2026, the BLS did not determine the CPI for the month of October and then determined inflation for 2025 by averaging the CPI for every month besides October in 2025. The BLS's approach to determining the CPI for 2025 overweighted the CPI of the first half of 2025 relative to the second half of 2025, since the BLS included each month from the first half of 2025 and only 5 of the 6 months in the second half of 2025, in determining the CPI for 2025.
The bill, for 2025 only, determines the CPI for 2025 by averaging the 2 semi-annual BLS CPI determinations for 2025. This approach gives equal weight to the CPI from the first and second halves of 2025.
(Note: This summary applies to the reengrossed version of this bill as introduced in the second house.)

Current Bill Text

Read the full stored bill text

Second Regular Session
Seventy-fifth General Assembly
STATE OF COLORADO
REENGROSSED
This Version Includes All Amendments
Adopted in the House of Introduction
LLS NO. 26-0930.01 Pierce Lively x2059 HOUSE BILL 26-1364
House Committees Senate Committees
Appropriations
A BILL FOR AN ACT
CONCERNING THE CALCULATION OF THE CONSUMER PRICE INDEX FOR101
THE 2025 CALENDAR YEAR, AND, IN CONNECTION THEREWITH,102
MAKING AN APPROPRIATION.103
Bill Summary
(Note: This summary applies to this bill as introduced and does
not reflect any amendments that may be subsequently adopted. If this bill
passes third reading in the house of introduction, a bill summary that
applies to the reengrossed version of this bill will be available at
http://leg.colorado.gov/.)
Joint Budget Committee. The United States bureau of labor
statistics (BLS) determines the consumer price index (CPI) for each
month. At the end of a year, the BLS determines the CPI for that year by
averaging the CPI for each month in the year. However, as of March
2026, the BLS did not determine the CPI for the month of October and
HOUSE
3rd Reading Unamended
April 11, 2026
HOUSE
Amended 2nd Reading
April 9, 2026
HOUSE SPONSORSHIP
Sirota and Taggart, Brown,
SENATE SPONSORSHIP
Bridges and Kirkmeyer, Amabile
Shading denotes HOUSE amendment. Double underlining denotes SENATE amendment.
Capital letters or bold & italic numbers indicate new material to be added to existing law.
Dashes through the words or numbers indicate deletions from existing law.
then determined inflation for 2025 by averaging the CPI for every month
besides October in 2025. The BLS's approach to determining the CPI for
2025 overweighted the CPI of the first half of 2025 relative to the second
half of 2025, since the BLS included each month from the first half of
2025 and only 5 of the 6 months in the second ha lf of 2025, in
determining the CPI for 2025.
The bill, for 2025 only, determines the CPI for 2025 by averaging
the 2 semi-annual BLS CPI determinations for 2025. This approach gives
equal weight to the CPI from the first and second halves of 2025.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Colorado:1
SECTION 1. In Colorado Revised Statutes, add article 118 to2
title 24 as follows:3
ARTICLE 1184
Consumer Price Index for Calendar Year 20255
24-118-101. Consumer price index.6
(1) N OTWITHSTANDING ANY LAW TO THE CONTRARY , FOR THE7
PURPOSES OF CALCULATING THE CONSUMER PRICE INDEX FOR THE 20258
CALENDAR YEAR AS NECESSARY TO COMPARE THE CONSUMER PRICE INDEX9
FOR 2025 TO THE CONSUMER PRICE INDEX FOR 2024 AND AS NECESSARY10
TO COMPARE THE CONSUMER PRICE INDEX FOR 2026 TO THE CONSUMER11
PRICE INDEX FOR 2025, THE CONSUMER PRICE INDEX IS DETERMINED BY12
AVERAGING THE TWO SEMI-ANNUAL REPORTS PRODUCED BY THE UNITED13
STATES DEPARTMENT OF LABOR BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS FOR THE14
2025 CALENDAR YEAR FOR THE RELEVANT REGION IN THE FOLLOWING15
SECTIONS:16
(a) IN TITLE 4:17
(I) SECTION 4-9-625;18
(b) IN TITLE 6:19
(I) SECTION 6-1-112;20
1364-2-
(c) IN TITLE 8:1
(I) SECTION 8-6-101.5; AND2
(II) SECTION 8-73-116;3
(d) IN TITLE 10:4
(I) SECTION 10-16-104; AND5
(II) SECTION 10-16-1401;6
(e) IN TITLE 12:7
(I) SECTION 12-30-102;8
(II) SECTION 12-115-121;9
(III) SECTION 12-220-310;10
(IV) SECTION 12-220-507;11
(V) SECTION 12-240-131;12
(VI) SECTION 12-255-130;13
(VII) SECTION 12-280-139;14
(VIII) SECTION 12-280-140;15
(IX) SECTION 12-280-142; AND16
(X) SECTION 12-315-123;17
(f) IN TITLE 13:18
(I) SECTION 13-10-113;19
(II) SECTION 13-21-102.5;20
(III) SECTION 13-21-203.7; AND21
(IV) SECTION 13-64-302;22
(g) IN TITLE 15:23
(I) SECTION 15-1-1106;24
(h) IN TITLE 18:25
(I) SECTION 18-4-511;26
(i) IN TITLE 22:27
1364-3-
(I) SECTION 22-20-114;1
(II) SECTION 22-30.5-112;2
(III) SECTION 22-30.5-513;3
(IV) SECTION 22-32-104;4
(V) SECTION 22-32-119;5
(VI) SECTION 22-43.7-104;6
(VII) SECTION 22-54-103.3; AND7
(VIII) SECTION 22-55-102;8
(j) IN TITLE 23:9
(I) SECTION 23-3.1-306.5; AND10
(II) SECTION 23-3.9-302;11
(k) IN TITLE 24:12
(I) SECTION 24-9-106;13
(II) SECTION 24-10-114;14
(III) SECTION 24-31-1203;15
(IV) SECTION 24-38.5-125;16
(V) SECTION 24-38.5-302;17
(VI) SECTION 24-65.5-103.7;18
(VII) SECTION 24-72-205; AND19
(VIII) SECTION 24-77-102;20
(l) IN TITLE 25:21
(I) SECTION 25-1-134;22
(II) SECTION 25-3-103;23
(III) SECTION 25-3-105;24
(IV) SECTION 25-3.5-208;25
(V) SECTION 25-7.5-102;26
(VI) SECTION 25-7-122;27
1364-4-
(VII) SECTION 25-8-608;1
(VIII) SECTION 25-17-713; AND2
(IX) SECTION 25-57-110;3
4
(m) IN TITLE 26.5:5
(I) SECTION 26.5-4-203;6
(n) IN TITLE 29:7
(I) SECTION 29-4-1201;8
(o) IN TITLE 30:9
(I) SECTION 30-2-102;10
(II) SECTION 30-20-604.5; AND11
(III) SECTION 30-20-1403;12
(p) IN TITLE 31:13
(I) SECTION 31-16-101;14
(q) IN TITLE 32:15
(I) SECTION 32-1-1001;16
(II) SECTION 32-9-119;17
(III) SECTION 32-13-107;18
(IV) SECTION 32-13-110; AND19
(V) SECTION 32-14-114;20
(r) IN TITLE 33:21
(I) SECTION 33-4-102;22
(II) SECTION 33-9-203;23
(III) SECTION 33-10.5-104.5;24
(IV) SECTION 33-12-108; AND25
(V) SECTION 33-60-104;26
(s) IN TITLE 34:27
1364-5-
(I) SECTION 34-60-135;1
(t) IN TITLE 37:2
(I) SECTION 37-42-113;3
(u) IN TITLE 38:4
(I) SECTION 38-12-203.5;5
(II) SECTION 38-33.3-116;6
(III) SECTION 38-33.3-123; AND7
(IV) SECTION 38-37-104;8
(v) IN TITLE 39:9
(I) SECTION 39-1-104.2;10
(II) SECTION 39-2-117;11
(III) SECTION 39-3-119.5;12
(IV) SECTION 39-22-129;13
(V) SECTION 39-22-130;14
(VI) SECTION 39-22-543;15
(VII) SECTION 39-22-547;16
(VIII) SECTION 39-31-101;17
(IX) SECTION 39-31-104.5; AND18
(X) SECTION 39-37-301;19
(w) IN TITLE 40:20
(I) SECTION 40-2-104;21
(II) SECTION 40-2-135;22
(III) SECTION 40-7-105; AND23
(IV) SECTION 40-8.7-105.5;24
(x) IN TITLE 41:25
(I) SECTION 41-3-103;26
(y) IN TITLE 42:27
1364-6-
(I) SECTION 42-1-210;1
(II) SECTION 42-4-310;2
(III) SECTION 42-4-1307; AND3
(IV) SECTION 42-5-204;4
(z) IN TITLE 43:5
(I) SECTION 43-4-218;6
(II) SECTION 43-4-804;7
(III) SECTION 43-4-805;8
(IV) SECTION 43-4-806;9
(V) SECTION 43-4-1202; AND10
(VI) SECTION 43-4-1302; AND11
(aa) IN TITLE 44:12
(I) SECTION 44-3-103;13
(II) SECTION 44-3-801; AND14
(III) SECTION 44-10-803.15
1364-7-
APPROPRIATION FROM
ITEM &
SUBTOTAL
TOTAL GENERAL
FUND
CASH
FUNDS
REAPPROPRIATED
FUNDS
FEDERAL
FUNDS
$$$$$$
SECTION 2. Appropriation to the department of education for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2026. Amend as added by House Bill 26-1410 section 2, Part IV (3)(A),1
the affected totals, and footnote 13 as follows: 2
Section 2. Appropriation.3
PART IV4
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION5
6
(3) SCHOOL DISTRICT OPERATIONS7
(A) Public School Finance8
Administration9 2,645,074 2,380,153 264,921a
10 (17.1 FTE) (1.5 FTE)
Financial Transparency System11
Maintenance12 97,731 97,731a
13 (1.0 FTE)
School Finance Audit Payments14 3,000,000 3,000,000b
1364-8-
APPROPRIATION FROM
ITEM &
SUBTOTAL
TOTAL GENERAL
FUND
CASH
FUNDS
REAPPROPRIATED
FUNDS
FEDERAL
FUNDS
$$$$$$
State Share of Districts' Total1
Program Funding2 5,567,435,495 4,318,686,861c 1,248,748,634d
3 5,576,489,047 1,257,802,186d
Extended High School134 4,084,701 4,084,701a
5 4,088,892 4,088,892a
District Per Pupil6
Reimbursements for Juveniles7
Held in Jail8 10,000 10,000b
At-risk Supplemental Aid9 3,504,995 3,504,995a
Contingency Reserve Fund10 1,000,000 1,000,000e
11 5,581,777,996
12 5,590,835,739
13
a These amounts shall be from the State Education Fund created in Section 17 (4)(a) of Article IX of the State Constitution. Pursuant to Section 17 (3) of Article IX of the State14
Constitution, appropriations from the State Education Fund are not subject to the limitation on fiscal year spending set forth in Section 20 of Article X of the State Constitution.15
1364-9-
APPROPRIATION FROM
ITEM &
SUBTOTAL
TOTAL GENERAL
FUND
CASH
FUNDS
REAPPROPRIATED
FUNDS
FEDERAL
FUNDS
$$$$$$
b These amounts shall be from the State Public School Fund created in Section 22-54-114 (1), C.R.S., from federal mineral leasing revenues transferred to the State Public School Fund1
pursuant to Sections 22-54-114 (1) and 34-63-102 (5.4)(a)(II), C.R.S.2
c Of this amount, $1,334,183,145 shall be from the General Fund Exempt Account created in Section 24-77-103.6 (2), C.R.S.3
d Of this amount, $1,010,525,540 $1,019,579,092 shall be from the State Education Fund created in Section 17 (4)(a) of Article IX of the State Constitution and $238,223,094 shall be4
from the State Public School Fund created in Section 22-54-114 (1), C.R.S. Of the amount appropriated from the State Education Fund, an estimated $213,273,564 is from the Kids5
Matter Account created in the State Education Fund pursuant to Section 22-55-103 (6)(b), C.R.S. Pursuant to Section 17 (3) of Article IX of the State Constitution, appropriations from6
the portion of the State Education Fund that is not the Kids Matter Account are not subject to the limitation on fiscal year spending set forth in Section 20 of Article X of the State7
Constitution.8
e This amount shall be from the Contingency Reserve Fund created in Section 22-54-117 (1)(a), C.R.S.9
1011
TOTALS PART IV12
(EDUCATION)13 $7,865,396,771 $4,587,560,682a $2,371,461,010b $56,340,311c $850,034,768d
14 $7,874,454,514 $2,380,518,753b
15
a Of this amount, $1,334,181,145 shall be from the General Fund Exempt Account created in Section 24-77-103.6 (2), C.R.S.16
1364-10-
APPROPRIATION FROM
ITEM &
SUBTOTAL
TOTAL GENERAL
FUND
CASH
FUNDS
REAPPROPRIATED
FUNDS
FEDERAL
FUNDS
$$$$$$
b Of this amount, $10,123,822 contains an (I) notation.1
c Of this amount, $43,900,000 contains an (I) notation.2
d This amount contains an (I) notation.3
4
FOOTNOTES -- The following statements are referenced to the numbered footnotes throughout section 2.5
6
13 Department of Education, School District Operations, Public School Finance, Extended High School -- Pursuant to Section 22-35-108.5 (2)(b)(III), C.R.S.,7
the purpose of this footnote is to specify what portion of this appropriation is intended to be available for the Teacher Recruitment Education and Preparation8
(TREP) Program for FY 2026-27. It is the General Assembly's intent that the Department of Education be authorized to utilize up to $2,680,250 $2,683,0009
of this appropriation to fund qualified students identified as TREP Program participants. This amount is calculated based on an estimated 250 FTE TREP10
Program participants funded at a rate of $10,721 $10,732 per FTE pursuant to Section 22-54-103.5 (8), C.R.S., and Section 22-54-104 (4.7), C.R.S. 11
1364-11-
SECTION 3. Effective date. This act takes effect upon passage;1
except that section 2 of this act takes effect only if House Bill 26-14102
becomes law, in which case section 2 takes effect upon the effective date3
of this act or House Bill 26-1410, whichever is later.4
SECTION 4. Safety clause. The general assembly finds,5
determines, and declares that this act is necessary for the immediate6
preservation of the public peace, health, or safety or for appropriations for7
the support and maintenance of the departments of the state and state8
institutions.9
1364-12-