New California Laws 2026
An act to amend Section 234.7 of the Education Code, relating to education, and declaring the urgen- cy thereof, to take effect immediately. AB 88, Ta. Student financial aid: Cal Grants: Mid- dle Class Scholarship Program: eligibility: depen- dents of members of the armed services stationed outside of California. This bill extends eligibility for the Cal Grant and Middle Class Scholarship (MCS) Program to dependents of a member of the United States (US) Armed Forces who maintains California as their state of legal residence even if the dependent member did not graduate from a California high school and who otherwise meets all other applicable eligibility requirements. An act to amend Sections 69411, 69433.9, 69436, 69514, and 70022 of the Education Code, relating to student financial aid. AB 121, Committee on Budget. Education finance: education omnibus budget trailer bill. This bill pro- vides for statutory changes necessary to enact the TK-12 related statutory provisions of the Budget Act of 2025. An act to amend Sections 1622, 1623, 1630, 8281.5, 8320, 8337, 8902, 14041.5, 14041.6, 14041.8, 32526, 41020.2, 41203.1, 41344.1, 41490, 41601, 42127.1, 42127.6, 42128, 42129, 42238.01, 42238.016, 42238.02, 44258.9, 44283, 44395, 46120, 46211, 46392, 48000.1, 48857, 51225.3, 51284.5, 52064.5, 56836.168, 60151, and 66032.2 of, to add Sections 1631, 17037, 17075.11, 33319.6, 41011.1, 42238.017, 42252.1, 44283.1, 44415.8, 48004, 49506.5, 52065.1, 52073.4, and 53009 to, to add Article 13.5 (commenc- ing with Section 44400) to Chapter 2 of Part 25 of Di- vision 3 of Title 2 of, and to repeal Section 42120 of, the Education Code, to amend Sections 17581.6 and 66007 of the Government Code, to amend Sections 137 and 152 of Chapter 44 of the Statutes of 2021, to amend Sections 121, 126, and 132 of Chapter 52 of the Statutes of 2022, to amend Section 108 of Chapter 48 of the Statutes of 2023, to amend Section 110 of Chap- ter 38 of the Statutes of 2024, to repeal Section 112 of Chapter 38 of the Statutes of 2024, to amend the Bud- get Act of 2017 (Chapter 14 of the Statutes of 2017) by amending Item 6100-139-8080 of Section 2.00 of that act, to amend the Budget Act of 2021 (Chapters 21, 69, and 240 of the Statutes of 2021) by amending Items 6100-001-0001 and 7760-101-0001 of Section 2.00 of that act, and to amend the Budget Act of 2024 (Chapters 22, 35, and 994 of the Statutes of 2024) by amending Item 6100-001-0001 of Section 2.00 of that act, relating to education finance, and making an ap- propriation therefor, to take effect immediately, bill related to the budget. AB 123, Committee on Budget. Higher education budget trailer bill. This bill makes necessary chang- es to implement the higher education provisions ad- opted as a part of the Budget Act of 2025. An act to amend Sections 17201, 51225.7, 66205.5, 69432.7, 69433.2, 69617, 69996.9, 78071, 78082, 78084, 79520, and 94923 of, to add Section 84321.65 to, and to add Part 53.8 (commencing with Section 88780) to Division 7 of Title 3 of, the Education Code, to add and repeal Section 68926.2 of the Government Code, to amend the Budget Act of 2023 (Chs. 12, 38,
tions Code, to amend Section 12974 of, and to repeal Sections 7928.210, 7928.215, 7928.220, 7928.225, and 7928.230 of, the Government Code, to amend Section 103470 of the Health and Safety Code, to add Section 76.5 to the Penal Code, to amend Section 9202 of the Probate Code, and to amend Section 319 of the Welfare and Institutions Code, relating to state government. AB 1524, Committee on Judiciary. Courts: fees. Allows the public to use their own equipment to copy court records, subject to specified conditions; pro- vides that in the absence of a statute or rule explic- itly authorizing or prohibiting a fee by the superior court for a particular service or product, the court may charge a fee not to exceed the cost to the court of providing the service or product; and requires the Judicial Council to report to the Legislature specif- ic information about each fee charged by a superior court in specified fiscal years for which the revenue collected by and distributed to the court as a result of the fee exceeds the court’s cost of providing the service or product. An act to amend Sections 68150 and 70631 of the Government Code, relating to courts. 2025 Senate Courts and Judiciary Laws SB 27, Umberg. Community Assistance, Recovery, and Empowerment (CARE) Court Program. This bill makes changes to the Community Assistance, Recovery, and Empowerment (CARE) Act includ- ing program eligibility and how respondents are re- ferred, among other changes. An act to amend Section 1370.01 of the Penal Code, and to amend Sections 5971, 5972, 5975, 5977, 5977.1, 5977.3, 5978, and 5985 of the Welfare and Institutions Code, relating to courts. SB 54, Umberg. Court fee waivers: veterans. Pro- vides that specified veterans benefits are not to be considered income for the purpose of seeking a fee waiver to proceed with a matter in court. An act to amend Section 68632 of the Government Code, relating to courts. SB 673, Ochoa Bogh. Courthouse construction: filing fee surcharges. This bill extends, until January 1, 2039, authority for the San Bernardino County Su- perior Court to collect a surcharge on certain filing fees to fund courthouse construction. An act to amend Section 70624 of the Government Code, relating to courts. 2025 Assembly Education Laws AB 49, Muratsuchi. Schoolsites: immigration en- forcement. Establishes, as an urgency measure, the California Safe Haven Schools Act and prohibits, except as required by state or federal law, school of- ficials and employees of a local educational agency (LEA) from allowing officer or employee of an agen- cy conducting immigration enforcement to enter a school site without providing a valid judicial warrant or court order. Prohibits LEAs from providing infor- mation about pupil’s, their families, teachers, and school employees, to immigration authorities.
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