2026-27 California State Budget Information
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Committee Information, Rules & Position Letter Deadlines can be found here
TFC 2026 Budget Tracking document - Includes links to previous child care hearing recordings, agendas, and transcripts (see tab "Hearing Recording Links") - TFC is updating
The constitutional deadline for the Senate and Assembly to pass a budget bill for transmission to the Governor is June 15. The deadline for the Governor to sign the budget into law is June 30.
Upcoming Budget Hearings (updated 06/28/26)
2026 Budget Updates (updated 06/28/26)
- NEW 06/26/2026 Budget agreement is reached between the Legislature and the Governor
- NEW 06/26/2026 Budget bills now in print
- What's Included in AB 109 the Early Care and Education Trailer Bill (SB 150 / AB 150)
- Continues the suspension of most child care COLAs for 2026–27, with a 2.009% COLA provided only for Resource & Referral programs and Local Child Care and Development Planning Councils.
- Maintains monthly, per-child Cost of Care Plus payments and provides a 2.009% COLA to Cost of Care Plus payments for providers serving children in specified subsidized child care programs.
- Implements family fee changes effective January 1, 2027, requiring contractors to reimburse providers without deducting family fees and to collect those fees separately.
- Strengthens eligibility stability by clarifying that families are not required to report income or other changes during their 24-month eligibility period.
- Updates CalWORKs child care eligibility to align with participation in CalWORKs activities and clarifies stage participation requirements.
- Expands fraud prevention and program integrity provisions, including allowing contractors to terminate eligibility when substantiated fraud invalidates a family's certification.
- Updates provider licensing requirements, temporary absences, substitute adults, medication administration, emergency plans, and training requirements.
- Expands CDSS authority to redirect child care funds when contractors are not making sufficient progress in serving children with allocated funding.
- 06/16/2026 - Active budget bills
- AB 110 - Budget Act of 2026
- AB 122 - Revenue
- AB 125 - Managed Care Organization Tax
- AB 177 - Fair Share from Big Corporations Act
- 06/16/2026 - Budget Act of 2026 AB 109 (Gabriel) was enrolled to the governor
- 06/11/2026 - Both houses have announced a "two-party" (legislative) budget plan
- 05/28/2026 - Both houses announce their May Revise budget plans
- 05/15/2025 Trailer Bills
- May Revise
- Pre-May Revise
- Budget Bills
- 2/10/2025 Trailer Bills Introduced
- 2/2/2026 Trailer Bills Introduced
- January 10 budget release information
Other Updates & Resources
Archived Budget Information:
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