Assembly adopts 2025 budget package and multiple trailer bills; votes recorded on childcare, climate, taxes, cannabis and other measures

The California State Assembly on June 4 adopted the 2025 budget package and a group of related trailer bills after floor debate and multiple roll-call votes.

Assemblymember Gabriel presented the budget and a series of implementing trailer bills and repeatedly “respectfully request[ed] your aye vote” as each measure was taken up. Floor Leader Flora and a number of Republican and Democratic members spoke in opposition or support at different points, pressing on priorities including funding for Proposition 36 implementation, wildland fire prevention, health services, Medi-Cal changes, and fees and authorities for state regulators.

Why it matters: The adopted measures together implement the Legislature’s 2025 funding priorities and statutory changes for areas that include early childhood and childcare, public safety and wildfire response, climate and air quality programs, taxes and film industry credits, cannabis enforcement, deaf and disabled telecommunications services, healthcare and human services, education, higher education and developmental services. Several provisions were described on the floor as time-sensitive and transmitted immediately to the Senate or the Governor for final action or implementation.

Key wins and contentious points on the floor - Supporters argued the bills protect core programs (housing, childcare, education, wildfire resilience, public safety) while stretching limited resources. - Opponents focused on cuts or delays to programmatic items they said were required by voter initiative (notably Proposition 36 funding), on new fee and authority expansions for agencies (notably California Air Resources Board authority in SB 127), and on changes to Medi‑Cal eligibility and benefits for undocumented residents. - Several members urged additional or restored funding for probation and treatment services tied to Proposition 36, for air‑medical reimbursement in rural districts and for other local priorities.

Votes at a glance (Listed below are the measures taken on the Assembly floor June 4, 2025 with the roll‑call result recorded on the floor and short notes drawn from floor statements.)

- SB 103 (budget technical adjustments, CDCR savings): Ayes 52, Noes 16 — passed and transmitted to the Senate. Sponsor presented changes including addressing a $395,000,000 shortfall at the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation and adjustments to the public school system stabilization account.

- SB 120 (early childhood and childcare provisions): Ayes 65, Noes 1 — passed and transmitted to the Senate. Bill restores a COLA for childcare/preschool programs and provides $128,000,000 to begin funding programs based on enrollment starting 07/01/2026.

- SB 124 (natural resources and wildfire response): Ayes 69, Noes 1 — passed and transmitted to the Senate. Bill includes provisions to transition seasonal wildfire responder positions to permanent roles and other climate‑related technical changes.

- SB 127 (climate omnibus; regulatory and fee authorities): Ayes 53, Noes 17 — passed. Debate included objections to broad fee authority described by some members as giving excessive discretion to the California Air Resources Board (CARB).

- SB 128 (transportation omnibus; DMV data system and Olympics preparations): Ayes 53, Noes 17 — passed and transmitted to the Senate.

- SB 132 (revenue trailer: tax relief and film tax credits): Ayes 64, Noes 1 — passed. Measures include tax relief for certain military retirement pay and wildfire settlement taxation clarifications and increase the cap on the California film and television tax credit program.

- SB 141 (cannabis trailer; enforcement and grants): Ayes 71, Noes 1 — passed. The bill authorizes the Department of Cannabis Control to fund illicit‑market enforcement with cannabis tax fund revenue and prioritizes public‑safety grants to combat illicit cannabis activity.

- SB 142 (deaf and disabled telecommunications program extension — urgency): Ayes 68, Noes 1 (on urgency and on measure) — passed. Extends the sunset on the Deaf and Disabled Telecommunications Program.

- AB 102 (concurrence in Senate amendments to the state budget bill): Ayes 55, Noes 16 — concurrence adopted and transmitted to the Governor. Assemblymember Gabriel described AB 102 as reflecting the final three‑party agreement in the budget negotiations.

- AB 116 (healthcare trailer: Medi‑Cal and related changes): Ayes 52, Noes 13 — passed. Floor remarks noted backfilling federal cuts to HIV programs, pharmacy‑benefit manager licensing, a framework for low‑cost drug production and changes/delays for some Medi‑Cal provisions; some members objected to provisions they said would impose prior authorization for hospice and other changes.

- AB 118 (human services trailer): Ayes 62, Noes 0 — passed. Bill codifies safeguards for child welfare and administrative improvements to CalWORKs and CalFresh disaster administration.

- AB 121 (TK–12 education provisions; record school funding): Ayes 65, Noes 0 — passed. The bill implements TK–12 provisions, raises per‑pupil funding cited on the floor to over $25,000 for 2025–26 and creates a $1.7 billion one‑time student support block grant to help local education agencies.

- AB 123 (postsecondary/higher education trailer): Ayes 73, Noes 1 — passed. Among other items the bill extends the Golden State Teacher Grant Program and authorizes grants for career technical education in disaster‑impacted areas.

- AB 134 (public safety trailer): Ayes 69, Noes 1 — passed. The bill includes CDCR and inspector general reporting changes, mental health staffing classification updates and a tribal pilot policing program.

- AB 136 (courts trailer): Ayes 76, Noes 1 — passed. Includes reporting streamlining, authorization to sell surplus courthouse property and a $4.7 million backfill for the state court facilities construction fund.

- AB 137 (general government trailer): Ayes 57, Noes 17 — passed. Contains technical and cleanup changes to the budget, including definitions and an extension of the Climate Catalyst Revolving Fund sunset.

- AB 143 (developmental services trailer): Ayes 56, Noes 17 — passed. The bill implements reforms and savings for developmental services while preserving the state entitlement for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities, according to the Assembly presentation.

- AB 470 (communications/transition from copper networks — AB 470): Ayes 54, Noes 1 — passed and retained on file for immediate transmittal to the Senate. Sponsors described the bill as a framework to enable investment in advanced fiber networks while creating guardrails for continuity of phone service for remaining copper users.

Floor context and next steps Members noted the bills reflect “tough choices” and that several measures were adopted under “immediate transmittal” procedures or pursuant to Assembly rules allowing bills to proceed without reference to the file. Multiple members said the effects of federal policy and economic uncertainty influenced the Legislature’s choices and warned of further budget work ahead should federal actions affect California revenues. Several members who opposed parts of the package said they would continue to press for additional funding or statutory fixes in subsequent sessions.

Votes and recorded roll‑call tallies on the Assembly floor were entered into the official record for each item above; measures that passed without recorded opposition or with unanimous consent are noted as such above and were transmitted to the Senate or the Governor as recorded on the floor.