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CA SB 941

enacted

Private detention facilities: canteens.

California · 2025-2026 Regular Session · upper

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Did CA SB 941 pass?

Yes. CA SB 941 has been enacted into law. Latest recorded action (2026-09-30): Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 991, Statutes of 2026.

What is CA SB 941 about?

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.

Who sponsors CA SB 941?

Padilla is the primary sponsor of CA SB 941, joined by 15 cosponsors.

Description

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.

Introduced
2026-01-29
Latest action
2026-09-30 — Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 991, Statutes of 2026.
Bill type
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Subjects

Sponsors

  • Padillaauthor
  • Caballeroprincipal coauthor
  • Hurtadoprincipal coauthor
  • Rubioprincipal coauthor
  • Carrilloprincipal coauthor
  • Archuletacoauthor
  • Durazocoauthor
  • Gonzalezcoauthor
  • Arreguíncoauthor
  • Elhawarycoauthor
  • Garciacoauthor
  • Ortegacoauthor
  • Celeste Rodriguezcoauthor
  • Solachecoauthor
  • Schultzcoauthor
  • Wilsoncoauthor

Committees

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Action timeline

Newest first

  1. 2026-09-30

    Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 991, Statutes of 2026.

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  2. 2026-09-30

    Approved by the Governor.

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  3. 2026-08-24

    Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.

  4. 2026-08-19

    Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 38. Noes 0.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.

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  5. 2026-08-19

    Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 5542.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.

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  6. 2026-08-18

    In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.

  7. 2026-08-17

    Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate.

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  8. 2026-08-17

    Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 70. Noes 1. Page 6202.) Ordered to the Senate.

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  9. 2026-08-12

    Read third time and amended.

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  10. 2026-08-12

    Ordered to third reading.

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  11. 2026-06-10

    Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

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  12. 2026-06-09

    From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (June 9).

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  13. 2026-06-09

    Coauthors revised.

  14. 2026-05-18

    Referred to Com. on PUB. S.

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  15. 2026-05-04

    In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.

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  16. 2026-05-04

    Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 4130.) Ordered to the Assembly.

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  17. 2026-04-16

    Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

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  18. 2026-04-15

    From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 12. Noes 0. Page 3867.) (April 14).

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  19. 2026-04-02

    Set for hearing April 14.

  20. 2026-03-17

    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.

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  21. 2026-03-03

    Set for hearing March 17.

  22. 2026-02-11

    Referred to Coms. on PUB. S. and JUD.

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  23. 2026-01-30

    From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 1.

  24. 2026-01-29

    Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.

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Versions

  • 01/29/26 - Introduced — 2026-01-29Compare
  • 08/12/26 - Amended Assembly — 2026-08-12Compare
  • 08/20/26 - Enrolled — 2026-08-20Compare
  • 09/30/26 - Chaptered — 2026-09-30Compare
  • SB941Compare
  • (document, no version)Compare

Documents

Votes

  • Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary]

    2026-03-17 · pass · 6-0

    Member-level votes (6)
    • Reyes: yes
    • Seyarto: yes
    • Wiener: yes
    • Pérez: yes
    • Caballero: yes
    • Arreguín: yes

  • Do pass

    2026-04-14 · pass · 12-0

    Member-level votes (13)
    • Wahab: yes
    • Umberg: yes
    • Durazo: yes
    • Ashby: yes
    • Caballero: yes
    • Allen: yes
    • Niello: yes
    • McNerney: yes
    • Reyes: yes
    • Stern: yes
    • Wiener: yes
    • Weber Pierson: yes
    • Valladares: other

  • 3rd Reading SB941 Padilla et al.

    2026-05-04 · pass · 38-0

    Member-level votes (40)
    • Cervantes: yes
    • Laird: yes
    • Arreguín: yes
    • Reyes: yes
    • Richardson: yes
    • Valladares: yes
    • Padilla: yes
    • Dahle: yes
    • Rubio: yes
    • Allen: yes
    • Durazo: yes
    • Wahab: yes
    • Cortese: yes
    • Gonzalez: yes
    • McGuire: yes
    • Smallwood-Cuevas: yes
    • Cabaldon: yes
    • Grayson: yes
    • Archuleta: yes
    • Ochoa Bogh: yes
    • Menjivar: yes
    • Hurtado: yes
    • Limón: yes
    • Weber Pierson: yes
    • Strickland: yes
    • Grove: yes
    • Niello: yes
    • Umberg: yes
    • Seyarto: yes
    • Blakespear: yes
    • Caballero: yes
    • Pérez: yes
    • Ashby: yes
    • Wiener: yes
    • Choi: yes
    • Stern: yes
    • Becker: yes
    • McNerney: yes
    • Jones: other
    • Alvarado-Gil: other

  • Do pass.

    2026-06-09 · pass · 9-0

    Member-level votes (9)
    • Alanis: yes
    • Nguyen: yes
    • Hart: yes
    • Ramos: yes
    • Schultz: yes
    • Sharp-Collins: yes
    • Lackey: yes
    • Haney: yes
    • Harabedian: yes

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