Senate Budget and Fiscal Review Subcommittee No. 5 on Corrections, Public Safety, Judiciary, Labor and Transportation, Thursday, April 23, 2026

Senate Budget Subcommittee No. 5 on Corrections, Public Safety, Judiciary, Labor, and Transportation · April 23, 2026

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Call to order and agenda overview

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Chair opens the subcommittee, establishes a quorum, and lists the hearing’s topics: Employment Development Department (EDD) modernization, CWDB, Department of Industrial Relations (DIR) items and more. Public comment will be taken at the end of the hearing. Chair also names panelists for issue 1 including EDD and Department of Finance representatives.

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The California State Senate Budget Subcommittee No. 5 held a hearing in the State Capitol on April 21, 2026, reviewing labor and public employment budget items including EDD modernization (EDD Next/ICMS), CWDB staffing and grant proposals, trailer bill language to reform the Subsequent Injury Benefits Trust Fund (SIBTF), vacancy eliminations at the Department of Industrial Relations, Cal/OSHA investigative staffing, apprenticeship grant expansions, and labor enforcement resources. Public commenters largely urged funding for worker outreach and opposed retroactive SIBTF changes.

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