Senate approves AB 104, a 2025 budget bill that adjusts hospital loans, CDCR programming and capital outlay funding

The California State Senate on July 17 approved Assembly Bill 104 (AB 104), a budget bill described on the floor as making multiple technical and programmatic adjustments to the 2025 Budget Act.

Senator Scott Wiener presented AB 104 and said the bill extends the repayment period for a loan provided to a nondesignated public hospital under the program administered by the California Health Facilities Financing Authority, reappropriates funding for in‑prison programming at the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR), and provides funding for various capital outlay projects. Wiener characterized the measure as a routine budget amendment and asked for an aye vote.

Senators recorded passage with a roll call that the clerk summarized as Ayes 29, Nos 3. The Senate proceeded to take additional budget items following that vote.

Why it matters: AB 104 is a budget implementation bill that adjusts repayment terms and funding allocations for health care financing and corrections programming, among other technical corrections connected to the 2025 budget. Such trailer and budget bills operationalize the Legislature’s appropriations decisions.

Discussion vs. action: The floor debate on AB 104 was brief; no recorded amendments or substantive opposition were raised during the floor presentation. The bill moves to the next steps required by the budget process.

Speakers quoted in this article appeared on the record as the floor sponsor and in the roll call recorded on the Senate floor.