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. The full caucus membership votes on the bills on our priority legislation list, which we review and select each spring within our six policy pillars: Addressing Poverty & Affordability, Childcare & Education Equity, Gender Violence & Public Safety, Healthcare & Health Equity, Vulnerable Communities, and Workplace & Economic Equity.
2026 Budget Priorities
April 2026 Request Letter to Governor Newsom and Budget Leaders
2026 Priority Legislation
Addressing Poverty & Affordability
AB 1755 (Sharp-Collins) - Ending CalWORKs Work Hour Restrictions
SB 1030 (Smallwood-Cuevas) - CalWORKs "Man in the House" Statute Repeal
Childcare & Education Equity
AB 1590 (Ransom) - Career Technical Education Full Funding
AB 1981 (Aguiar-Curry) - The True Cost of Child Care Act
Gender Violence & Public Safety
AB 788 (Quirk-Silva) - Rehabilitation and Safety for Incarcerated Women
AB 2434 (Bonta) – Visitor Protections and Safety Act
SB 1192 (S. Rubio) - The Reclaim Act
Healthcare & Health Equity
AB 1570 (Wilson) - Healthcare Coverage: Diagnostic Imaging
AB 2066 (C. Rodriguez) - Pregnancy - Qualifying Life Event
Vulnerable Communities
AB 1628 (M. Rodriguez) - The Keeping Infants from Danger (KID) Act
AB 1602 (B. Rubio) - Foster Youth: Disaster Aid Assistance
Workplace & Economic Equity
AB 65 (Aguiar-Curry) - The Pregnancy Leave for Educators Act
AB 2134 (Addis) - Parental Leave for Local Elected Officials
SB 1237 (Blakespear) - Pay Equity Enforcement