Possible end-of-session budget bills begin to emerge online
Bills begin emerging in print for possible legislative action this week
In advance of the annual legislative recess required under the California Legislature’s Joint Rule 51, between 15 and 20 budget-related bills will begin to emerge in both houses today, September 8. Amendments to bills are posted online at leginfo.legislature.ca.gov at least 72 hours prior to their possible passage, as amended.
The bill numbers currently are expected to be SB/AB 105 and various SBs and ABs numbered between 144 and 162.
The budget-related bills that begin emerging today would, if eventually agreed by the Legislature, make up the end-of-session budget bill package, like that passed each year. “Clean up” actions of the June budget package make up a big part of end-of-session bills. Proposition 4 climate bond appropriations may appear in this year’s end-of-session “budget bill jr.,” and initial state funding and policy responses to recent federal actions can be expected.
Budget-related bills consist of (a) budget bills jr., which amend annual budget acts, and (b) “trailer bills,” which typically contain an appropriation and amend statutes to implement public policies consistent with the annual budget act.
The possible end-of-session budget bills will be listed with this post at jasonsisney.substack.com as they emerge in print, and I will send one or two future posts with the updated bill lists.
Current SBs and ABs online:
SB/AB 105 Budget Acts of 2021, 2023, 2024, and 2025 (“Budget Bill Jr.,” amendments to prior budget acts)
SB/AB 144 Health
SB/AB 146 Human services
SB/AB 147 Education finance: education omnibus trailer bill
SB/AB 148 Higher education budget trailer bill
SB/AB 149 Public resources trailer bill
SB/AB 151 Early childhood education and childcare
SB/AB 153 Transportation budget trailer bill
SB/AB 154 Greenhouse gases: climate corporate accountability: climate-related financial risk: regulations: California Environmental Quality Act exemption
SB/AB 155 Governor’s Office of Business and Economic Development: California Civic Media Program
SB/AB 156 Labor
SB/AB 157 Public safety
SB/AB 158 Land use
SB/AB 159 Personal Income Tax Law: Corporation Tax Law: exemptions: wildfire
SB/AB 160 Background checks
SB/AB 161 State employment: state bargaining units
SB/AB 162 Elections
Bills may not be approved in either house until they have been in print online in their final form for at least 72 hours, pursuant to Proposition 54 (2016). The first of the possible budget bills becomes eligible under the 72-hour rule at 3:53 p.m. on Thursday, September 11, while AB 105 and SB 105 become eligible at around 9 a.m. on Friday, September 12.
At 5:55 p.m. on September 10, the Senate amended AB 145 to be a trailer bill with more changes to this summer’s SB 131—in addition to those in SB and AB 158. The Assembly is not amending that language into SB 145. Discussions of additional amendments to SB 131 are very likely during the 2026 legislative process.