California SB941: Private detention facilities: canteens.

What the bill says

An act to add Chapter 2.4 (commencing with Section 18891) to Division 8 of the Business and Professions Code, relating to detention facilities. detention facilities 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…

From the chaptered text, September 30, 2026:

An act to add Chapter 2.4 (commencing with Section 18891) to Division 8 of the Business and Professions Code, relating to detention facilities. detention facilities 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. MAJORITY NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO The people of the State of California do enact as follows: SECTION 1. Chapter 2.4 (commencing with Section 18891) is added to Division 8 of the Business and Professions Code , to read: …

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Sponsors

• Padilla, Stephen (D, SD18) · primary sponsor
• Anna Caballero (D, SD14)
• Melissa Hurtado (D, SD16)
• Susan Rubio (D, SD22)
• Juan Carrillo (D, AD39)
• Bob Archuleta (D, SD30)
• Durazo, Maria Elena (D, SD26)
• Lena Gonzalez (D, SD33)
• Jesse Arreguín (D, SD07)
• Sade Elhawary (D, AD57)
• Robert Garcia (D, AD50)
• Liz Ortega (D, AD20)

Latest actions

1. September 30, 2026: Approved by the Governor.
2. September 30, 2026: Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 991, Statutes of 2026.
3. August 24, 2026: Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
4. August 19, 2026: Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 5542.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
5. August 19, 2026: Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 38. Noes 0.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
6. August 18, 2026: In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
7. August 17, 2026: Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 70. Noes 1. Page 6202.) Ordered to the Senate.
8. August 17, 2026: Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate.
9. August 12, 2026: Ordered to third reading.
10. August 12, 2026: Read third time and amended.

Votes

• Unfinished Business SB941 Padilla et al. Concurrence (August 19, 2026): 38 yea, 0 nay, passed
• SB 941 Padilla Senate Third Reading By Carrillo (August 17, 2026): 70 yea, 1 nay, passed
• Do pass. (June 9, 2026): 9 yea, 0 nay, passed
• Senate 3rd Reading SB941 Padilla et al. (May 4, 2026): 38 yea, 0 nay, passed
• Do pass (April 14, 2026): 12 yea, 0 nay, passed
• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary] (March 17, 2026): 6 yea, 0 nay, passed

Common questions

What is SB941?

SB941 is a bill in the California Legislature (2025-2026 Regular Session): Private detention facilities: canteens.

What does SB941 do?

In its own words: An act to add Chapter 2.4 (commencing with Section 18891) to Division 8 of the Business and Professions Code, relating to detention facilities. detention facilities 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…

What is the status of SB941?

Chaptered as of September 30, 2026. Latest action: Approved by the Governor. (September 30, 2026).

Who sponsored SB941?

Padilla, Stephen (D, SD18), with 11 co-sponsors.

Where is the official record for SB941?

On the California Legislature website: https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB941