Spending Cap Commission
PA 15-1, December Special Session (Section 24) established a 24-member Spending Cap Commission. The commission is charged with creating, for the purposes of the state's constitutional general budget expenditures requirements, proposed definitions of (1) "increase in personal income", (2) "increase in inflation", and (3) "general budget expenditures".
Public Hearing Schedule
Contact
Spending Cap Commission
- c/o Appropriations Committee
- Legislative Office Building, Room 2700
- Hartford, CT 06106
- (860) 240‑0390
Information
- Complete Set of Reports and Separate Statements Produced by Spending Cap Commission Members
- CCEA - Connecticut's Spending Cap: It's History and an Alternative Spending Growth Rule
- May 9th Meeting CTN recording
- Yankee Institute Policy Brief Sustainable Spending
- Office of Fiscal Analysis_Items and Amounts Moved Outside the Statutory Spending Cap
- CT Voices for Children_Arbitrary Austerity Brief
- Pension Debt and the Spending Cap
- Yankee Institute response to public hearing questions
- CBPP CT spending cap testimony May 9 2016
- 05-19-2016 - The ARC and the Covenants 2.0-2
- Measuring Changes in the Price-Level-FULL VERSION
Documents and Meetings
Public Hearing October 13, 2016
Public Hearing October 5, 2016
- October 5 Public Hearing Notice
- Testimony - Brian Anderson_Council 4 AFSCME
- Testimony - Janet McNichol Legislative Policy Advocate, CT Legal Services Network
- Testimony - Jennifer Berigan_Legislative Director_CT AFL-CIO
- Testimony - Kevin Maloney
- Testimony - Louise DiCocco Assistant Council_CBIA
- Testimony - MetroHartford Alliance Statement on Proposed Spending Cap Definitions - ...
- Testimony - National Federation of Independent Business
- Testimony - Representative Gail Lavielle
- Testimony - Zacharay Janowski Director of External Affairs Yankee Institute
Public Hearing October 19, 2016
December 12, 2016
November 28, 2016
November 14, 2016
October 31, 2016
October 24, 2016
October 17, 2016
October 5, 2016
September 26, 2016
September 19, 2016
September 7, 2016
August 15, 2016
August 1, 2016
July 18, 2016
July 7, 2016
June 20, 2016
June 6, 2016
May 25, 2016
May 9, 2016
April 18, 2016
- Agenda
- Minutes
- Testimony - Barry Michelson
- Testimony - Carol Platt Liebau
- Testimony - CCM
- Testimony - Elda Smith
- Testimony - Former Senator Edward W. Munster
- Testimony - Former State Senator Mark Nielsen
- Testimony - Jesse Marks
- Testimony - National Federation of INdependent Business
- Testimony - Nicholas Defiesta
- Testimony - Peter Latincsics
- Testimony - Representative Gail Lavielle
- Testimony - Robert Makowski
- Testimony - Roger Senserrich
March 30, 2016
- Agenda
- Constitutional Spending Cap Language (Article Third, Section 18(b))
- Language establishing the Spending Cap Commission (Sec. 24 of PA 15-1, DSS)
- Letter from Attorney General Blumenthal to Rep. Krawiecki, Jr. re Spending Cap (April 14, 1993)
- Letter from Attorney General Jepsen to Sen. Fasano re Spending Cap (November 17, 2015)
- Minutes
- National Conference of State Legislatures State Tax and Expenditure Limits Report - 2012
- Statutory Spending Cap Language (Section 2-33a, CGS)
