SB941 - Private detention facilities: canteens.

Senate Bill No. 941 CHAPTER 991 An act to add Chapter 2.4 (commencing with Section 18891) to Division 8 of the Business and Professions Code, relating to detention facilities. [ Approved by Governor September 30, 2026. Filed with Secretary of State September 30, 2026. ] LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST SB 941, 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. Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: NO Local Program: NO Bill Text 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: CHAPTER 2.4. Private Detention Facilities 18891. (a) For the purposes of this section, the following terms have the following meanings: (1) “Commissary” means any onsite or online store, canteen, vendor-operated program, or retail service that sells goods, food, hygiene supplies, phone cards, or other items to people confined in a private detention facility, whether operated directly by the facility or through a third-party contractor. (2) “Private detention facility” has the same meaning as defined in Section 9500 of the Penal Code. (b) The sale price of an article offered for sale in a commissary at a private detention facility shall not exceed a 35-percent markup above the amount paid to a vendor for that article.