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California bills · 2025-2026 Regular Session

California SB 941

Private detention facilities: canteens.

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed Senate
  4. Passed House
  5. To Governor
  6. Became law

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Summary

Official abstract published by the California legislature· 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.

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Roll-call votes

State vote data last updated Oct 15, 2026, 12:03 AM.

DateVoteResultYour legislators
Aug 19, 2026
Senate		Unfinished Business SB941 Padilla et al. ConcurrencepassSet your home in California to see
Aug 17, 2026
House		SB 941 Padilla Senate Third Reading By CarrillopassSet your home in California to see
Jun 9, 2026
House		Do pass.passSet your home in California to see
May 4, 2026
Senate		3rd Reading SB941 Padilla et al.passSet your home in California to see
Apr 14, 2026
Senate		Do passpassSet your home in California to see
Mar 17, 2026
Senate		Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary]passSet your home in California to see

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