SB-1399 • 2026

Locked detention facilities: civil immigration: reviews.

Budget

Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor: Durazo
Last action: 2026-04-20
Official status: April 20 hearing: Placed on APPR. suspense file.
Effective date: Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The official source material does not provide information on whether ongoing updates are required from the Department of Justice during budget talks.

Reviews of Detention Facilities

This law removes specific dates from existing rules about reviews of detention facilities that hold noncitizens for immigration reasons, making the rules last indefinitely and changing what is reviewed.

What This Bill Does

Removes all date limits on when reviews of detention facilities must happen.
Changes what information needs to be included in the reviews by removing details about how people are caught and moved around.

Who It Names or Affects

The Attorney General or their chosen person who does the reviews.
County, local, and private detention facilities that hold noncitizens for immigration reasons.

Terms To Know

noncitizens: people who are not citizens of a country
immigration proceedings: legal processes related to entering or staying in a country

Limits and Unknowns

The bill does not specify how often the reviews must happen.
It is unclear what will happen if facilities do not follow these rules.

Bill History

2026-04-20 California Legislative Information
April 20 hearing: Placed on APPR. suspense file.
2026-04-10 California Legislative Information
Set for hearing April 20.
2026-04-08 California Legislative Information
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (April 7). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
2026-03-23 California Legislative Information
Set for hearing April 7.
2026-03-23 California Legislative Information
From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on JUD.
2026-03-04 California Legislative Information
Referred to Com. on JUD.
2026-02-23 California Legislative Information
Read first time.
2026-02-23 California Legislative Information
From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 23.
2026-02-20 California Legislative Information
Introduced. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.

Official Summary Text

SB 1399, as amended, Durazo.
Locked detention facilities: civil immigration: reviews.
Existing law requires, until July 1, 2027, the Attorney General, or their designee, to engage in reviews of county, local, or private locked detention facilities in which noncitizens are being housed or detained for purposes of civil immigration proceedings in California, and, on or before March 1, 2019, to conduct a review of these facilities, as
specified.
specified, including a review of the circumstances of apprehension and transfer.
Existing law also requires the Department of Justice to provide, during the budget process, updates and information to the Legislature and the Governor, concerning the reviews, as provided and pursuant to a specified date. Existing law requires the comprehensive
report to be completed by March 1, 2019, and to be posted on the Attorney General’s internet website and made available to the public, as provided. Existing law makes these provisions inoperative on July 1, 2027, and repeals those provisions January 1, 2028.
This bill would delete all dates specified above, including inoperative and repeal provisions, thereby indefinitely extending those provisions.
The bill would also delete the requirement for the review to include an individual’s circumstances of apprehension and transfer.

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