2026-27 California State Budget Information
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UPDATED TFC 2026 Budget Tracking document - Includes links to previous child care hearing recordings, agendas, and transcripts (see tab "Hearing Recording Links")
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 07/15/26)
- Wednesday, August 5, 2026
2026 Budget Updates (updated 07/20/26)
- What's Included in the final budget agreement for child care:
- Continues the suspension of most child care COLAs for 2026–27 (4th consecutive year of COLA suspension), 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 enrolled in California State Preschool Program 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 that each CalWORKs recipient can only participate in one stage at a time.
- 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 identify funds that would go unspent and transfer identified child care funds between like program contractors (i.e. between alternative payment program contractors, or between direct-service contractors)
- 06/26/2026 Budget agreement is reached between the Legislature and the Governor
- 06/26/2026 Budget bills (updated)
- SB 111: Budget Bill Jr.: Budget Act of 2026 (includes amendments to AB 109 on the Governor’s desk)
- AB 112: Budget Bill Jr. : Budget Acts of 2022, 2023, 2024, and 2025
- SB 110: Budget Act of 2026 (lists other budget bills)
- AB 126: Education omnibus trailer bill
- SB 135: Higher education budget trailer bill
- AB 150: Early care and education
- AB 152: Human services
- SB 163: Developmental services
- SB 164: Health
- SB 165: Skilled nursing facilities: reimbursement rates (urgency)
- SB 166: Public resources trailer bill
- SB 168: Public resources
- SB 169: Transportation budget trailer bill
- SB 170: Governor’s Reorganization Plan No. 1 of 2025: codification
- SB 171: Labor
- SB 172: State government
- SB 174: Courts
- SB 177: Medi-Cal: Fair Share from Big Corporations options bill
- AB 179: Housing
- SB 180: Taxation trailer bill
- AB 181: Education governance policy bill
Other Updates & Resources
Archived Budget Information:
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