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Senate Rules Committee forwards state fiscal system director nominee after briefing on FISCal progress and migration plan

5325082 · July 2, 2025
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The committee advanced Brett Lodding to the full Senate after a presentation on FISCal onboarding progress, the accounting book-of-record migration scheduled for next July, and modernization steps including cloud migration and electronic invoicing.

The Senate Rules Committee voted to forward Brett Lodding, J.D., to the full Senate for confirmation as director overseeing California’s financial information system (FISCal) after a hearing on system progress, onboarding and modernization plans.

Brett Lodding told the committee that most departments have been onboarded to FISCal, the accounting book-of-record migration is on track for next July, and the system’s public transparency platform (OpenFISCal) is active and updated regularly. “Five months into the job, I feel good about where FISCal is headed,” Lodding said, thanking prior directors and partner agencies for progress.

Why it matters: FISCal is the state’s enterprise financial-management platform. Committee members pressed for metrics on onboarding, timeline clarity and lessons learned because FISCal…

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