California State Budget, Legislature & The Capitol

California Budget Updates



To support our field keeping up with budget related information, TFC will host updates and information on our Budget Page . If you have information you would like to have hosted, click here.

Upcoming Deadlines:

This Sunday, June 15th, at midnight is the deadline for the Legislature to pass the Budget bill. This Friday, June 12, at midnight is the deadline for the bill to be "in print" for public viewing 72-hours before a vote can be taken. The budget bills can be found below. Continue to check TFC's Budget Page for updates.

• AB 101 (Gabriel) Budget Act of 2025
• AB 102 (Gabriel) Budget Act of 2025

Upcoming Budget Hearings:

The Assembly Budget Committee may hold a hearing any day next week upon the call of the chair. Click here for the full schedule.

• Tuesday, June 10, 2025 - Senate Budget Subcommittee 3 on Health and Human Services @ Upon Adjournment of the Transportation Committee - 1021 O Street, Room 1200
• All Departments - Open Issues
• Wednesday, June 11, 2025 - Senate Full Budget Committee @ 9:00 a.m. - 1021 O Street, Room 1200
• AB 101 (Gabriel) Budget Act of 2025
• AB 102 (Gabriel) Budget Act of 2025
• Thursday, June 12, 2025 - Senate Full Budget Committee @ 10:00 a.m. - 1021 O Street, Room 1200
• AB 101 (Gabriel) Budget Act of 2025
• AB 102 (Gabriel) Budget Act of 2025
• Sunday, June 15, 2025 - Assembly Budget Subcommittee 2 on Human Services @ 10:00 a.m. - State Capitol, Room 126
• Review of the 2025 Budget Plan

TFC's Featured Bill of the Week

AB 753 (Garcia) Childcare: facility licensure: teacher requirements



Author: Assemblymember Robert Garcia

Assemblymember Robert Garcia is a dedicated educator, public servant, and proud son of immigrants, whose life has been shaped by a deep commitment to excellence in education. Raised by his hardworking parents, who made significant sacrifices to prioritize his education, Robert learned the value of perseverance and hard work from an early age. His mother, who was just 17 when she had him, and his father, who was unable to complete his education beyond the third grade, instilled in him the importance of academic achievement. At 17, Robert became the first in his family to graduate from high school.

Garcia’s academic journey continued at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), where he earned a bachelor’s degree in biology, followed by a master’s degree in public policy from the University of Southern California (USC). His passion for education was further ignited during his time volunteering as a mentor to high school students from under-resourced schools in Los Angeles, many of whom faced significant educational challenges. This experience motivated him to pursue a career as a teacher.

With over 20 years of experience in education, Garcia has served as both a classroom teacher and a school administrator. His leadership has helped guide schools through transformative changes, resulting in improved outcomes for students. As a math and science educator, Robert’s commitment to excellence has inspired countless students to pursue their academic and career goals.

How to Support a Bill

As bills move through California’s legislative process, they are presented to and heard by several committees who may recommend amendments and vote on whether or not the bill should continue through the legislative process.

As legislators decide how to vote, they consider public opinion as expressed through position letters. To support a bill, you can submit your letter through the California Legislature Position Letter Portal.

If you have any questions, contact TFC staff!

Important Dates, Deadlines,

Hearings, and Bills

Dates & Deadlines:

• June 9, 2025: Committee meetings may resume.
• June 15, 2025: Budget bill must be passed by midnight.

Upcoming Bill Hearings:

• Senate Human Services Committee - Monday, June 16, 2025 @ 3:00 p.m. - 1021 O Street, Room 2200 Letters are due by noon on June 10th
• AB 904 (Aguiar Curry) Childcare services: workday
• AB 1528 (Committee on Human Services) Child care
• Assembly Human Services Committee - Tuesday, June 17, 2025 @ 1:30 p.m. - State Capitol, Room 437 Letters are due by 5 p.m. on June 11th
• SB 792 (Arreguín) - Childcare: state median income threshold
• Senate Education Committee - Wednesday, June 18, 2025 @ 9 a.m. - 1021 O Street, Room 2100 Letters are due by noon on June 13th
• AB 753 (Garcia) - Childcare: facility licensure: teacher requirements
• AB 1123 (Muratsuchi) - Commission on Teacher Credentialing: membership.

For updated bill hearings and when letters are due, please visit TFC's State Legislation Page.

Bills to Watch:

The following bills of interest have been introduced. You can follow these bills and more on TFC's State Legislation page on our website. Please note that TFC does not formally support nor oppose any bill listed unless explicitly stated.

• SCR-72 (Wahab) Childcare Awareness Month
• Would proclaim May 2025 as Childcare Awareness Month. Good data on the economic impact of child care was cited.



Legislative Resources:

• See the full 2025-26 Legislative Calendar here.
• Visit TFC's Legislation Page to find a comprehensive list of bills of interest.
• Visit TFC's Budget Page for full budget bill details, as well as budget hearing video archive links.
• Click here to view all the bills that the Assembly and Senate introduced this legislative year.
• Click here to view legislative committee information, rules, and position letter deadlines.

Did You Know?

Child Care Q&A's

NOTE: If you have a question you would like answered or researched, please email.

Question: Will child care provider Cost of Care monthly payments continue?

Answer: Yes. Enacted in the 2024-25 Budget and referenced to continue in the 2025-26 Proposed Budget, this monthly amount will continue.

Federal Update

06/05/2025 Georgetown University Center for Children and Families - The One Big, Beautiful Bill Act will Mean Big Budget Hits for Families

Click here to read the most recent weekly federal update from the National Women's Law Center.

Federal Government Update

The Senate is working on its reconciliation package with an ambitious timeline to get the reconciliation bill on President Trump’s desk by July 4th. The actual deadline may be later this summer when the federal government is expected to exhaust its borrowing capacity.

However, problems are multiplying for Senate Majority Leader Thune (R-SD) and other Senate negotiators as they attempt to pass legislation enacting President Trump’s domestic agenda. Leader Thune can lose no more than three Republican votes because no Democrat is expected to support it — and more than three Republicans have voiced serious concerns with the bill.

Some Republican senators are barraging leadership with concerns about spending cuts for Medicaid and the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), while budget hawks are demanding more deficit reduction and railing against a House compromise to lift the cap on state and local tax (SALT) deductions. More: Senate GOP struggles over Medicare, deficits, AI in bill - The Hill

As a reminder, this bill includes the largest Medicaid and SNAP cuts ever, resulting in significant coverage losses. In addition to decimating state budgets, to name just a few aspects of this dangerous plan.

• State-by-State Data: House Republicans’ Extreme Budget Plan Fails Families, Children, and Communities | Center on Budget and Policy Priorities
• Children under attack: How congressional assaults on health and food programs are endangering the youngest Americans | First Focus on Children
• Impacts of Budget Cuts and Mass Deportation on Child Care

Our goal from this point forward will be to influence the Senate substitute to make the Senate bill as different as possible from the House, dramatically reducing the level of cuts and eliminating the most harmful policies. 

We need national, state, and local partners to educate the Senate on what is in the House Bill and how it harms people and state budgets. Increasing the pressure on the GOP caucus divisions and slowing down this process is key to preserving funding for our priorities. 

            ⇒ NEW: UPDATE: 2025 Senate Accountability Toolkit (Child Care for Every Family Network)

As a reminder, Congress is conducting two separate budget processes. They are concurrently working on annual appropriations for FY26, which determines discretionary yearly spending (e.g., CCDBG, Head Start), and a reconciliation bill to enact President Trump’s agenda, which affects mandatory spending (e.g., Medicaid, SSBG, TANF, and SNAP).

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Escalating Attacks on Head Start & Early Head Start

Your advocacy is working, and we must remain vigilant.

As previously shared by Dr. Ruth Friedman, an author of the 2007 Head Start reauthorization and advised HHS on the 2016 overhaul of Head Start regulations:

Though the disastrous budget proposal has been withdrawn, the Trump administration has already taken steps to undercut the program and vigilance is critical. The administration first temporarily froze funding and then slow-walked routine funding to local programs, which has led to temporary closures and confusion around teacher layoffs. They also fired many federal staff administering the program and closed five regional federal offices. In March, the Trump administration told Head Start programs they couldn’t spend money on diversity, equity, and inclusion activities, even though this is in direct contradiction to federal law that requires Head Start programs to provide high-quality evidence-based programming to children with diverse backgrounds, provide inclusive and accessible services for children with disabilities, and consider diversity in the development of staff. The ACLU has filed litigation against the Trump administration arguing its actions reflect an illegal dismantling of the program. More: America Narrowly Escapes a Terrible Trump Head Start Policy Idea (for Now) - The Century Foundation

Now is the time to ensure that no further damage is done to this critical lifeline for nearly 800k children, their families, and communities. We must ensure that members of Congress demand that HHS deliver timely payments without additional burdens on grantees AND demand that the Trump Administration reinstate fired employees and reopen ACF regional offices.

⇒ Urge your members of Congress to fight for and prioritize funding for Head Start and demand that the Trump Administration reinstate fired employees and reopen ACF regional offices.

These attacks are also not a surprise - we’ve long known that there has been a decades-long campaign against Head Start, culminating in Project 2025, which the President has been implementing piece by piece. We cannot treat this fight as just another partisan battle but as the real threat to the existence of Head Start that it is. 

More:

• 5 Things To Know About Head Start - Center for American Progress (including map & district data)
• Head Start State-by-State Fact Sheets - NHSA

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Executive Actions

The Trump administration released its FY2026 Discretionary Budget Request on May 30th, proposing significant shifts in federal spending priorities.

• Proposed non-defense discretionary authority is $163 billion, a 22.6% reduction.
• HHS budget proposed at $93.8 billion (26.2% reduction).
• USED budget proposed at $66.7 billion (15.3% reduction).

Specific Program Changes:

• Child Care and Development Block Grant (CCDBG) is level funded.
• Head Start is level funded with proposed reform principles.
• Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) is proposed for elimination.
• Preschool Development Grants Birth to Five (PDG B-5) is proposed for elimination.
• Special Education funding is proposed for consolidation.
• Child Care Access Means Parents in School (CCAMPIS) is slated for elimination.
• Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) is slated for elimination.
• Block Grants at USED are proposed to consolidate a number of programs, including those that serve young children (e.g., 21^st Century Community Learning Centers) and a significant funding decrease.
• Refugee and Unaccompanied Alien Children Programs (UAC) is proposed for elimination.

HHS: https://www.hhs.gov/about/budget/fy2026/index.html 

Appendix: whitehouse.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/appendix_fy2026.pdf

As a reminder, the President’s budget is a request to Congress, who will ultimately decide FY26 funding levels and requires a 60-vote majority in the US Senate.

• Executive Action Watch | Center on Budget and Policy Priorities
• EducationCounsel - Executive Actions Chart.docx - Google Docs

Most Viewed Bills of the Week:

1.H.R.1 [119th] One Big Beautiful Bill Act

2.H.R.10127 [118th] Restoring Trade Fairness Act

3.S.1046 [119th] No Tax On Overtime Act of 2025

4.S.129 [119th] No Tax on Tips Act

5.H.R.561 [119th] Overtime Pay Tax Relief Act of 2025

6.H.R.1332 [118th] Thirty-Two Hour Workweek Act

7.H.Con.Res.14 [119th] Establishing the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2025 and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2026 through 2034.

8.H.R.22 [119th] SAVE Act

9.S.1582 [119th] GENIUS Act

10.H.R.404 [119th] Hearing Protection Act

R&R Network and Thriving Families CA Foundation 2025 Hybrid Joint Conference - Call for Presentations NOW OPEN UNTIL THIS FRIDAY!

Call for Presentations NOW OPEN!

Submit a Workshop Proposal Today!

We invite you to submit a workshop proposal to this year's Hybrid Joint Conference. Please see the 2025 Call for Presentations Announcement  for more information.

Please share the below Call for Presentations links with others you feel could present workshops which would be of benefit to conference attendees.

Workshop proposals are due, Friday, June 13th.

2025 Conference

Save the Date and join your peers for an amazing 2025 Joint Conference! The California Child Care Resource & Referral Network and Thriving Families CA Foundation, are excited to announce that we will once again offer a joint conference in 2025 that has both an in-person and virtual option this Fall!

We are working with the Conference Committee to offer thoughtful, user-friendly options with keynote presentations, workshops, networking opportunities, and connection time with vendors. For the in-person conference, we will once again be at the Double Tree Hotel in Sacramento. For those who prefer the conveniences that come with virtual attendance, we’ll have an option that is similar to the last five years. Regardless of the option that works best for your agency, we look forward to connecting, supporting and partnering with you!

Registration information, along with a preliminary conference program, will be released soon! At that time, online registration will be open, and attendees will be able to select from the in-person conference or the virtual conference. Those that register for the in-person option will also receive access to the virtual conference. The in-person option will be limited to 450. When registration opens, all agencies will have an opportunity to register a limited number of people by a specific deadline. If spaces remain after the deadline they will be made available to interested agencies.  



Visit the Conference Webpage for more information as it becomes available.

Upcoming CDSS Events

SAVE THE DATE: Equity-Centered Quality Rating and Improvement System (QRIS) Advisory Panel

The California Department of Social Services is pleased to announce the sixth convening of the Equity-Centered QRIS Advisory Panel. The sixth Panel meeting will be June 17, 2025, from 1:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. The meeting will be held virtually via Zoom. All meetings are open to the public so that community members can participate and share advice and ideas. The meetings will include interpretation and translation in Spanish, Chinese and American Sign Language, and additional interpretation support will be added to later meetings if needed.

Please save the following details for the next meeting:

• June 17, 2025
• 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.
• Zoom Registration

CDSS & CDE Information & Updates

RELEASED June 2, 2025: PIN 25-06.1-CCP - (Supersedes PIN 25-06) Resources And Guidance To Enable Child Care Licensees To Better Serve California’s Immigrant Population

CCLD has released a new Provider Information Notices: PIN 25-06.1-CCP

Primary Audience:  

ALL CHILD CARE CENTER LICENSEES AND PROVIDERS 

Summary:  

PIN 25-06.1-CCP provides resources and guidance to assist child care licensees in providing care and supervision to the children of immigrant families.

Electronic copy of the PINs are available for viewing/downloading by clicking on the following links:  

• PIN 25-06.1-CCP - (Supersedes PIN 25-06) Resources And Guidance To Enable Child Care Licensees To Better Serve California’s Immigrant Population

Previous PINs are available at the CCLD website. 

CAL FIRE – Office of the State Fire Marshal AB 176 – Child Care Center Work Group Agenda  

The goal of Child Care Center Work Group is to provide recommendations to the State Fire Marshal for code change proposals and promulgation of regulations for the California Building Standards. The code change proposals will address the occupancy classification provisions for daycare centers. This Work Group shall report to the State Fire Marshal to provide recommendations to enable the State Fire Marshal to understand and promulgate regulations pertaining to the occupancy and fire and life safety requirements for Child Care Centers.

To find out more information you can visit the OSFM website for Active Work Groups. Click on the Child Care Center Work Group button for upcoming meeting dates and agenda items as well as past meeting minutes. 

Meetings will be held on the second Friday of each month. The link to the virtual meeting is found in each agenda.

The next meeting will be:

Date: June 13, 2025 

Time: 8:30 AM to 10 AM 

Location: Virtual  

On the day of the meeting click Join the meeting now

Meeting ID: 280 778 068 162 1

Passcode: oq3h33Ga 

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RELEASED May 29, 2025: CCB 25-13: Guidance for Implementation of Assembly Bill (AB) 393 for Dual Language Learners

The California Department of Social Services (CDSS) Child Care and Development Division (CCDD) has recently published the following document on its Internet website: Child Care Bulletin (CCB) 25-13: Guidance for Implementation of Assembly Bill (AB) 393 for Dual Language Learners

The purpose of this Child Care Bulletin (CCB) is to provide guidance and support to contractors regarding the implementation of Assembly Bill (AB) 393 (Chapter 435, Statutes of 2023). AB 393 was codified in Welfare and Institutions Code (WIC) Section 10209.6 and requires the California Department of Social Services (CDSS) to create procedures for contractors to identify and report data on children who are Dual Language Learners (DLL) enrolled in center-based General Child Care and Development Programs (CCTR) and center-based Migrant General Child Care and Development Programs (CMIG) administered by the California Department of Social Services (CDSS).

RELEASED May 23, 2025: Child Care Bulletin (CCB) 25-08: Child Care for California Work Opportunity and Responsibility to Kids (CalWorks) Family Reunification Participants

The California Department of Social Services (CDSS) Child Care and Development Division (CCDD) has recently published the following document on its Internet website: Child Care Bulletin (CCB) 25-08: Child Care for California Work Opportunity and Responsibility to Kids (Calworks) Family Reunification Participants.

The purpose of this Child Care Bulletin (CCB) is to provide guidance to County Health and Human Services Agencies (HHSAs) and Child Care and Development contractors administering the California Work Opportunity and Responsibility to Kids (CalWORKs) Stages One, Two, and Three Child Care Programs for families receiving CalWORKs Family Reunification (FR) services pursuant to Assembly Bill 135 (Chapter 85, Statutes of 2021).

RELEASED May 21, 2025: Child Care Bulletin (CCB) 25-07 Travel And Mileage Reimbursement Guidance 

The California Department of Social Services (CDSS) Child Care and Development Division (CCDD) has recently published the following document: Child Care Bulletin (CCB): 25-07 Travel And Mileage Reimbursement Guidance. 

The purpose of this Child Care Bulletin is to provide child care and development contractors with updated information regarding elimination of travel prohibitions for state-funded and state-sponsored travel, travel and per diem rates, out-of-state travel approval, and updated mileage reimbursement rates. 

If you have any questions or need additional guidance regarding the information in this letter, please contact your Program Quality and Improvement Consultant. You can find their contact information on the Child Care and Development Contacts webpage. 

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Information & Updates

Happening This Week, June 9- June 13, 2025:

Tuesday, June 10th:

• CalHR Monthly Forum from 10:00am-12:00pm.
• TFC Weekly Member Connections Meeting @ 1:00 pm. Email to register.

Thursday, June 12th:

• Rate & Quality Advisory Panel from 3:00pm-5:00pm. Register Here.

Friday, June 13th:

• CAL FIRE – Office of the State Fire Marshal AB 176 – Child Care Center Work Group Agenda , from 8:30am-10am. Join Here.

Thriving Families California is committed to supporting our field with a coordinated calendar. Click here to see our current calendar of events. If you have an event to add, email us and it will be added.

The Weekly Good

An uplifting way to start the week, for those of us who need a break from the chaos that is our lives.

During this time where we are all stressed, it would be great to celebrate the positive. Each week we will celebrate everyday heroes, inspiring movements and great things happening in our field.