California SB 941 — Private detention facilities: canteens.

California, 20252026. SB 941: Private detention facilities: canteens.

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Latest action

September 30, 2026 — Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 991, Statutes of 2026.

Summary

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.

Sponsors

• Padilla — primary sponsor
• Caballero
• Hurtado
• Rubio
• Carrillo
• Archuleta
• Durazo
• Gonzalez
• Arreguín
• Elhawary
• Garcia
• Ortega
• Celeste Rodriguez
• Solache
• Schultz
• Wilson

Bill text

SB941 Read version ↗

01/29/26 - Introduced Read version ↗

08/12/26 - Amended Assembly Read version ↗

08/20/26 - Enrolled Read version ↗

09/30/26 - Chaptered Read version ↗

Recorded votes

Legislative history

1. September 30, 2026Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 991, Statutes of 2026.
2. September 30, 2026Approved by the Governor.
3. August 24, 2026Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
4. August 19, 2026Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 38. Noes 0.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
5. August 18, 2026In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
6. August 17, 2026Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 70. Noes 1. Page 6202.) Ordered to the Senate.
7. August 12, 2026Ordered to third reading.
8. August 12, 2026Read third time and amended.
9. June 10, 2026Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
10. June 9, 2026From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (June 9).
11. June 9, 2026Coauthors revised.
12. May 18, 2026Referred to Com. on PUB. S.
13. May 4, 2026In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.
14. May 4, 2026Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 4130.) Ordered to the Assembly.
15. April 16, 2026Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
16. April 15, 2026From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 12. Noes 0. Page 3867.) (April 14).
17. April 2, 2026Set for hearing April 14.
18. March 17, 2026From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 6. Noes 0. Page 3589.) (March 17). Re-referred to Com. on JUD.
19. March 3, 2026Set for hearing March 17.
20. February 11, 2026Referred to Coms. on PUB. S. and JUD.
21. January 30, 2026From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 1.
22. January 29, 2026Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.

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