SB-941 • 2026

Private detention facilities: canteens.

Passed Legislature

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

Sponsor: Padilla
Last action: 2026-06-10
Official status: Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
Effective date: Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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Private detention facilities: canteens.

SB 941, as introduced, Padilla.

What This Bill Does

SB 941, as introduced, Padilla.
Private detention facilities: canteens.
Existing law requires the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation to maintain a canteen at its active facilities, and until January 1, 2028, prohibits the sale prices of the articles offered for sale in a canteen from exceeding a 35% markup above the price of the articles paid to the vendors.
Existing law, commencing on January 1, 2028, requires the sale amounts of the articles to be offered for sale to be fixed by the secretary at amounts that will render each canteen self-supporting.

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Bill History

2026-06-10 California Legislative Information
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
2026-06-09 California Legislative Information
From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (June 9).
2026-06-09 California Legislative Information
Coauthors revised.
2026-05-18 California Legislative Information
Referred to Com. on PUB. S.
2026-05-04 California Legislative Information
In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.
2026-05-04 California Legislative Information
Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 38. Noes 0.) Ordered to the Assembly.
2026-04-16 California Legislative Information
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
2026-04-15 California Legislative Information
From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 12. Noes 0. Page 3867.) (April 14).
2026-04-02 California Legislative Information
Set for hearing April 14.
2026-03-17 California Legislative Information
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 6. Noes 0. Page 3589.) (March 17). Re-referred to Com. on JUD.
2026-03-03 California Legislative Information
Set for hearing March 17.
2026-02-11 California Legislative Information
Referred to Coms. on PUB. S. and JUD.
2026-01-30 California Legislative Information
From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 1.
2026-01-29 California Legislative Information
Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.

Official Summary Text

SB 941, as introduced, Padilla.
Private detention facilities: canteens.
Existing law requires the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation to maintain a canteen at its active facilities, and until January 1, 2028, prohibits the sale prices of the articles offered for sale in a canteen from exceeding a 35% markup above the price of the articles paid to the vendors. Existing law, commencing on January 1, 2028, requires the sale amounts of the articles to be offered for sale to be fixed by the secretary at amounts that will render each canteen self-supporting.
This bill would prohibit the sale price of an article offered for sale in a commissary, as defined, at a private detention facility, defined as a detention facility that is operated by a private, nongovernmental, for-profit entity, and operating pursuant to a contract or agreement with a governmental entity, from exceeding a 35% markup above the amount paid to
a vendor for that article.

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