Existing law establishes the Board of State and Community Corrections to promote effective state and local efforts and partnerships in California's adult and juvenile criminal justice system and requires the board to inspect each local detention facility in the state biennially. Existing law requires a privately operated local detention facility responsible for the custody and control of a local prisoner to operate pursuant to a contract with the city, county, or city and county, as appropriate. Existing law requires each contract to include a provision whereby the private agency or entity agrees to operate in compliance with all appropriate state and local building, zoning, health, safety, and fire statutes, ordinances, and regulations, and with specified minimum jail standards established by regulations adopted by the board. Existing law provides that the failure of a privately operated local detention facility to comply with the appropriate health, safety, and fire laws, or with the minimum jail standards adopted by the board may be grounds for the termination of the contract. Under existing law, private detention facilities are generally prohibited, except for those operating pursuant to a valid contract in effect before January 1, 2020, as specified.
California SB 334 (20212022) — Detention facilities: contracts.
Existing law establishes the Board of State and Community Corrections to promote effective state and local efforts and partnerships in California's adult and juvenile criminal justice system and requires the board to inspect each local detention facility in the state biennially. Existing law requires a privately operated local detention facility responsible for the custody and control of a local prisoner to operate pursuant to a contract with the city, county, or city and county, as appropriate. Existing law requires each contract to include a provision whereby the private agency or entity agrees to operate in compliance with all appropriate state and local building, zoning, health, safety, and fire statutes, ordinances, and regulations, and with specified minimum jail standards established by regulations adopted by the board. Existing law provides that the failure of a privately operated local detention facility to comply with the appropriate health, safety, and fire laws, or with the minimum jail standards adopted by the board may be grounds for the termination of the contract. Under existing law, private detention facilities are generally prohibited, except for those operating pursuant to a valid contract in effect before January 1, 2020, as specified.
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
2021-03-25 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 8. Noes 1. Page 634.) (March 25). Re-referred to Com. on JUD. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
2021-04-06 Set for hearing April 13.
2021-04-07 April 13 hearing postponed by committee.
2021-04-08 Set for hearing April 20.
2021-04-12 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on JUD. amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
2021-04-21 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 2. Page 859.) (April 20). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
2021-04-30 Set for hearing May 10.
2021-05-10 From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. committee-passage, reading-2
2021-05-11 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2021-05-19 Read third time and amended. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3
2021-05-19 Ordered to second reading.
2021-05-20 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2021-05-24 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 30. Noes 9. Page 1236.) Ordered to the Assembly. passage, reading-1, reading-3
2021-05-24 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
2021-05-28 Referred to Coms. on INS. and PUB. S. referral-committee
2021-06-24 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on PUB. S. (Ayes 12. Noes 1.) (June 24). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2021-06-28 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
2021-07-14 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 6. Noes 2.) (July 13). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2021-07-15 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2021-09-02 Read third time and amended. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3
2021-09-02 Ordered to third reading.
2021-09-08 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 61. Noes 14. Page 2883.) Ordered to the Senate. passage, reading-1, reading-3
2021-09-08 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
2021-09-09 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 29. Noes 9. Page 2547.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2021-09-17 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 1:30 p.m.
2021-09-24 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2021-09-24 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 298, Statutes of 2021. became-law
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/f723378d-e204-4417-877b-303c6e79adc5. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).