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CaliforniaSB 1562025-2026 Regular SessionSenateWALLET
Budget Act of 2025.
Sponsored By: Sponsor information unavailable
Signed by Governor
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Bill Overview
Analyzed Economic Effects
8 provisions identified: 2 benefits, 0 costs, 6 mixed.
State adds $372 million to pensions
The state provides $372 million from the General Fund to the Public Employees’ Retirement Fund to pay down unfunded liabilities for state workers. The money is split across member groups, and the Department of Finance sets the transfer timing.
IHSS payroll, timesheets, and contracts
IHSS providers must submit a signed timesheet within two weeks after each bimonthly pay period. If a timesheet is late, the state pays within 30 days of receiving it. The state may hire a contractor to run IHSS payroll and deductions, but the same legal rules still apply, and the department can consider other options to avoid payroll disruptions. Contracts under Section 12302 must base rates on costs for a 40‑hour workweek.
IHSS worker hours, overtime, and travel
The law defines the IHSS workweek as Sunday 12:00 a.m. to Saturday 11:59 p.m. Overtime over 40 hours in a week pays 1.5× your hourly wage. Providers are capped at 66 hours per week. Travel between clients is paid but limited to seven hours per week. Cross‑county travel is paid at the destination county’s rate, and travel time does not reduce any client’s approved hours. Some providers can get an exemption to work more, up to 360 hours per month, if they were long‑time related caregivers before January 31, 2016, or if clients would face serious risk without them. If one provider cannot cover all approved hours due to the cap, the recipient must hire extra provider(s). The state and counties send notices to explain these rules.
Mediation and penalties in IHSS bargaining
Beginning October 1, 2023, either side in IHSS bargaining can require mediation within 15 business days. If needed, the labor board appoints a mediator from a small IHSS‑savvy pool. If mediation fails, a factfinding panel issues recommendations within 30 days, and the county board must hold a public hearing within 30 days after release. Parties split mediator and factfinding costs 50/50, and deadlines pause if no neutral is available. If the panel’s terms favor workers and no deal is reached within 30 days, the state can withhold 10% of the county’s prior‑year IHSS maintenance funding each year until an agreement is signed. The labor board must notify the county, the union, Finance, and the Controller within 15 days of a withholding decision.
Keep Eureka firefighters' pension formula
If you were a Humboldt No. 1 firefighter at annexation and still work for the successor agency on January 1, 2026, the agency may keep you on the same pension plan or formula you had before annexation.
Easier hiring for displaced firefighters
Local governments may hire permanent career civilian firefighters who were laid off within the last 36 months due to base closures, downsizing, realignment, or job cuts, if they finished required training and the governing body approves. A state apprenticeship program may keep and share a list of eligible applicants for up to 36 months. Hiring must prioritize city residents first, then other county residents. This authority overrides local civil service limits, but cannot be used if a special reemployment list exists for that job.
IHSS worker privacy and union data
If you are an IHSS or related provider, your name, address, phone, language, and personal email can be shared with a union or a group seeking to represent you. They can use it only for organizing, representation, and help for workers. The state may also share your banking or payment info with a union’s payment contractor to avoid payroll disruption, but only if you signed a membership form allowing it and a data‑sharing deal is in place.
How IHSS rules are implemented
The state can issue guidance to run these IHSS‑related rules without the full public rulemaking process. All actions in the named programs must follow federal Medicaid rules. The state and counties are immune from liability for how they carry out these sections.
Sponsors & Cosponsors
Sponsors
There is no primary sponsor on record.
Cosponsors
There are no cosponsors for this bill.
Roll Call Votes
Senate vote • 9/12/2025
Item 110 — Senate SFLOOR
Yes: 29 • No: 0
House vote • 9/11/2025
Item 154 — Assembly AFLOOR
Yes: 69 • No: 6
Senate vote • 3/20/2025
Item 90 — Senate SFLOOR
Yes: 28 • No: 10
Actions Timeline
Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 110, Statutes of 2025.
9/17/2025SenateApproved by the Governor.
9/17/2025legislatureEnrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
9/15/2025legislatureAssembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 29. Noes 0. Page 2954.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
9/12/2025SenateIn Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
9/12/2025SenateRead third time. Passed. (Ayes 69. Noes 6. Page 3325.) Ordered to the Senate.
9/11/2025HouseOrdered to third reading.
9/10/2025HouseWithdrawn from committee.
9/10/2025HouseAssembly Rule 96 suspended. (Ayes 56. Noes 19. Page 3164.)
9/10/2025HouseFrom committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on BUDGET.
9/8/2025HouseReferred to Com. on BUDGET.
3/24/2025HouseIn Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.
3/20/2025HouseRead third time. Passed. (Ayes 28. Noes 10. Page 449.) Ordered to the Assembly.
3/20/2025SenateRead second time. Ordered to third reading.
3/18/2025SenateOrdered to second reading.
3/17/2025SenateWithdrawn from committee. (Ayes 27. Noes 10. Page 384.)
3/17/2025SenateReferred to Com. on B. & F. R.
2/5/2025SenateFrom printer. May be acted upon on or after February 23.
1/24/2025SenateIntroduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.
1/23/2025Senate
Bill Text
Chaptered
9/17/2025
Enrolled
9/13/2025
Amended Assembly
9/8/2025
Introduced
1/23/2025