Our budget and legislative priorities are policies that we, as a caucus, have chosen according to their importance and imperativeness in improving the lives of women and their families. Our budget priorities are outlined each year in a letter to the governor, which you may review below. The full caucus membership votes on the bills on our priority legislation list, and which are review and select each spring within our 6 policy pillars: Workplace and Economic Equity, Childcare and Education Equity, Gender Violence and Public Safety, Poverty, Healthcare and Health Equity, and Vulnerable Communities.
Budget Priorities
April 2023 Request Letter to Governor Newsom
Winter 2023 Childcare Priorities Letter
Watch LWC Chair Nancy Skinner present AB 116, the childcare budget trailer bill
2023 Priority Legislation
Workplace and Economic Equity
AB 372 (Nguyen) - Affordable Childcare for Building Trades Apprentices
SB 686 (Durazo) - Domestic Worker Occupational Safety and Health
Childcare and Education Equity
AB 51 (Bonta) - Child Care Stabilization Act
SB 380/AB 596 (Limón/Reyes) - Child Care Rate Reform and Suspension of Family Fees - ENACTED in 2023-24 Budget
Gender Violence and Public Safety
AB 419 (Bauer-Kahan) - Training for Judges on Sexual Assault - HELD in committee
SB 599 (Caballero) - Safe and Secure Non-Custodial Parent Visitation
Poverty
AB 937 (McKinnor) - Dependency: Family Reunification
AB 1015 (Calderon) - Diaper & Wipe Distribution Program
Healthcare and Health Equity
AB 246 (Papan) - PFAS in Menstrual Products
SB 260 (Menjivar) - Menstrual Equity Act of 2023 - HELD in committee
Vulnerable Communities
AB 760 (Wilson) - CSU/UC Affirmed Name and Gender Identity - SIGNED by Governor
SB 589 (Alvarado-Gil) - Foster Care Disaster Relief - HELD in committee