California 2019-2020 Regular Session Status: To Executive 1 D cosponsors

SB 555 — Jails and juvenile facilities: communications, information, and commissary services: contracts.

Last action — In Senate. Consideration of Governor's veto pending.

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  1. ✓
    Introduced
  2. ✓
    In Committee
  3. ✓
    Passed Senate
  4. ✓
    Passed Assembly
  5. 5
    To Executive
  6. 6
    Enacted

This bill died with 2019-2020 Regular Session. It reached “To Executive” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.

This bill is no longer active — its legislative session has ended, so there is no live prognosis. It would have to be reintroduced in the current session to move again.

Summary

(1) Existing law allows the sheriff of each county to operate a store in connection with the county jail to sell confectionary, tobacco, postage and writing materials, and toilet articles to incarcerated people in the jail. Existing law allows the sheriff to fix the sale prices of the articles offered for sale at the store. Existing law requires profits from the store to be deposited in the inmate welfare fund and requires the fund to be used primarily for the benefit, education, and welfare of incarcerated people. This bill would prohibit the items in the store from being offered at a price in excess of 10% above the cost paid to the vendor supplying the article. The bill would rename the inmate welfare fund the incarcerated peoples' welfare fund and would require money in the fund to be expended solely for the benefit, education, and welfare of incarcerated people. The bill would require articles offered for sale at the store to only be available for purchase by incarcerated people and not staff of the jail. (2) Existing law imposes specified procedural and substantive content requirements on contracts entered into by local agencies, including cities and counties. This bill would cap telephone and other service rates and would prohibit communication or information service providers from imposing and collecting specified fees.

Bill Text

Action History

  1. In Senate. Consideration of Governor's veto pending.

  2. Vetoed by the Governor.

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

  4. Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 32. Noes 6.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.

  5. In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.

  6. Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 51. Noes 8. Page 5228.) Ordered to the Senate.

  7. Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

  8. Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading.

  9. From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 13. Noes 5.) (August 20).

  10. August 30 hearing postponed by committee.

  11. August 14 set for first hearing. Placed on APPR. suspense file.

  12. From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 1.) (July 9). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

  13. Coauthors revised.

  14. From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S.

  15. Referred to Com. on PUB. S.

  16. In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.

  17. Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 31. Noes 5. Page 1283.) Ordered to the Assembly.

  18. Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

  19. Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading.

  20. From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 4. Noes 2. Page 1103.) (May 16).

  21. Set for hearing May 16.

  22. April 22 hearing: Placed on APPR. suspense file.

  23. Set for hearing April 22.

  24. From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 1. Page 526.) (April 2). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

  25. Set for hearing April 2.

  26. Referred to Com. on PUB. S.

  27. Read first time.

  28. From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 27.

  29. Introduced. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.

Sponsors

  • Mitchell · Primary
  • Medina · Cosponsor
  • Buffy Wicks · Cosponsor

Sponsorship breakdown

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1 sponsors · 2 co-sponsors · 119 not signed on · 7 voted No

Sponsors (1)

  • Mitchell

Co-sponsors (2)

Not signed on (119)

119 members have not signed on to this bill.

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"Not signed on" means a member has not sponsored or co-sponsored this bill — it does not imply opposition. Members flagged Voted No have a recorded No vote on this bill.

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Votes

Unfinished Business SB555 Mitchell et al. Concurrence

Passed 32 Yea · 6 Nay · 2 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Democratic 10000
Unaffiliated 22401
Republican 0201
Total 32602
% of votes cast 80%15%0%5%
How each member voted (40)
Member Party Vote
Galgiani — Yea
Leyva — Yea
Bradford — Yea
Hill — Yea
Hertzberg — Yea
Hueso — Yea
Rubio — Yea
Allen — Yea
Pan — Yea
Monning — Yea
Moorlach — Yea
Skinner — Yea
Wieckowski — Yea
Wilk — Yea
Mitchell — Yea
Portantino — Yea
Glazer — Yea
Dodd — Yea
Beall — Yea
Roth — Yea
Chang — Yea
Atkins — Yea
Nielsen — Nay
Bates — Nay
Morrell — Nay
Melendez — Nay
Borgeas — Not Voting
Archuleta, Bob Democratic Yea
Caballero, Anna M. Democratic Yea
Durazo, Maria Elena Democratic Yea
Gonzalez, Lena A. Democratic Yea
Hurtado, Melissa Democratic Yea
Jackson, Corey A. Democratic Yea
McGuire, Mike Democratic Yea
Stern, Henry I. Democratic Yea
Umberg, Thomas J. Democratic Yea
Wiener, Scott D. Democratic Yea
Dahle, Megan Republican Nay
Grove, Shannon Republican Nay
Jones, Brian W. Republican Not Voting

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SB 555 Mitchell Senate Third Reading By KALRA

Passed 51 Yea · 8 Nay · 20 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 355011
Democratic 15007
Republican 1302
Total 518020
% of votes cast 65%10%0%25%
How each member voted (79)
Member Party Vote
Burke — Yea
McCarty — Yea
Holden — Yea
Gloria — Yea
Rendon — Yea
Levine — Yea
Bloom — Yea
Kiley — Yea
Medina — Yea
Low — Yea
Maienschein — Yea
Waldron — Yea
Gonzalez — Yea
Kamlager — Yea
Santiago — Yea
Chiu — Yea
Ting — Yea
Nazarian — Yea
Obernolte — Yea
Weber — Yea
O'Donnell — Yea
Smith — Yea
Cooley — Yea
Friedman — Yea
Jones-Sawyer — Yea
Wood — Yea
Quirk — Yea
Mullin — Yea
Chau — Yea
Chu — Yea
Brough — Nay
Fong — Nay
Bigelow — Nay
Mathis — Nay
Rodriguez — Not Voting
Cooper — Not Voting
Diep — Not Voting
Daly — Not Voting
Mayes — Not Voting
Gray — Not Voting
Eggman — Not Voting
Cunningham — Not Voting
Salas — Not Voting
Voepel — Not Voting
Frazier — Not Voting
Cristina Garcia — Yea
Eduardo Garcia — Yea
Jim Patterson — Nay
Luz Rivas — Yea
Mark Stone — Yea
Wendy Carrillo — Yea
Aguiar-Curry, Cecilia M. Democratic Yea
Arambula, Joaquin Democratic Yea
Bauer-Kahan, Rebecca Democratic Yea
Berman, Marc Democratic Yea
Boerner, Tasha Democratic Yea
Bonta, Mia Democratic Yea
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Yea
Cervantes, Sabrina Democratic Not Voting
Gabriel, Jesse Democratic Yea
Gipson, Mike A. Democratic Yea
Grayson, Timothy S. Democratic Not Voting
Irwin, Jacqui Democratic Not Voting
Kalra, Ash Democratic Yea
Limón, Monique Democratic Yea
Muratsuchi, Al Democratic Not Voting
Petrie-Norris, Cottie Democratic Not Voting
Quirk-Silva, Sharon Democratic Yea
Ramos, James C. Democratic Not Voting
Reyes, Eloise Gómez Democratic Yea
Rivas, Robert Democratic Yea
Rubio, Blanca E. Democratic Yea
Wicks, Buffy Democratic Not Voting
Chen, Phillip Republican Not Voting
Choi, Steven S. Republican Not Voting
Dahle, Megan Republican Nay
Flora, Heath Republican Nay
Gallagher, James Republican Nay
Lackey, Tom Republican Yea

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Do pass as amended.

Passed 13 Yea · 5 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Democratic 6000
Unaffiliated 7400
Republican 0100
Total 13500
% of votes cast 72%28%0%0%
How each member voted (18)
Member Party Vote
Quirk — Yea
Gonzalez — Yea
Bloom — Yea
Chau — Yea
Eggman — Yea
Voepel — Nay
Bigelow — Nay
Fong — Nay
Diep — Nay
Eduardo Garcia — Yea
Wendy Carrillo — Yea
Bauer-Kahan, Rebecca Democratic Yea
Bonta, Mia Democratic Yea
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Yea
Gabriel, Jesse Democratic Yea
Petrie-Norris, Cottie Democratic Yea
Rivas, Robert Democratic Yea
Dahle, Megan Republican Nay

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3rd Reading

Passed 31 Yea · 5 Nay · 2 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 21402
Democratic 9000
Republican 1100
Total 31502
% of votes cast 82%13%0%5%
How each member voted (38)
Member Party Vote
Rubio — Yea
Monning — Yea
Wieckowski — Yea
Mitchell — Yea
Bradford — Yea
Wilk — Yea
Beall — Yea
Atkins — Yea
Hill — Yea
Roth — Yea
Leyva — Yea
Dodd — Yea
Moorlach — Yea
Skinner — Yea
Allen — Yea
Galgiani — Yea
Hertzberg — Yea
Portantino — Yea
Glazer — Yea
Chang — Yea
Pan — Yea
Bates — Nay
Morrell — Nay
Nielsen — Nay
Borgeas — Not Voting
Hueso — Not Voting
Mark Stone — Nay
Archuleta, Bob Democratic Yea
Caballero, Anna M. Democratic Yea
Durazo, Maria Elena Democratic Yea
Hurtado, Melissa Democratic Yea
Jackson, Corey A. Democratic Yea
McGuire, Mike Democratic Yea
Stern, Henry I. Democratic Yea
Umberg, Thomas J. Democratic Yea
Wiener, Scott D. Democratic Yea
Grove, Shannon Republican Yea
Jones, Brian W. Republican Nay

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Do pass as amended

Passed 4 Yea · 2 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 4100
Republican 0100
Total 4200
% of votes cast 67%33%0%0%
How each member voted (6)
Member Party Vote
Hill — Yea
Bradford — Yea
Portantino — Yea
Wieckowski — Yea
Bates — Nay
Jones, Brian W. Republican Nay

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Placed on suspense file

Passed 6 Yea · 0 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Republican 1000
Unaffiliated 5000
Total 6000
% of votes cast 100%0%0%0%
How each member voted (6)
Member Party Vote
Wieckowski — Yea
Portantino — Yea
Bates — Yea
Hill — Yea
Bradford — Yea
Jones, Brian W. Republican Yea

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Subjects

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Frequently asked questions

What does SB 555 do?
(1) Existing law allows the sheriff of each county to operate a store in connection with the county jail to sell confectionary, tobacco, postage and writing materials, and toilet articles to incarcerated people in the jail. Existing law allows the sheriff to fix the sale prices of the articles offered for sale at the store. Existing law requires profits from the store to be deposited in the inmate welfare fund and requires the fund to be used primarily for the benefit, education, and welfare of incarcerated people. This bill would prohibit the items in the store from being offered at a price in excess of 10% above the cost paid to the vendor supplying the article. The bill would rename the inmate welfare fund the incarcerated peoples' welfare fund and would require money in the fund to be expended solely for the benefit, education, and welfare of incarcerated people. The bill would require articles offered for sale at the store to only be available for purchase by incarcerated people and not staff of the jail. (2) Existing law imposes specified procedural and substantive content requirements on contracts entered into by local agencies, including cities and counties. This bill would cap telephone and other service rates and would prohibit communication or information service providers from imposing and collecting specified fees.
Who sponsors SB 555?
SB 555 is sponsored by Mitchell, Medina, and Wicks, Buffy (Democratic).
What is the current status of SB 555?
This bill died with 2019-2020 Regular Session. It reached “To Executive” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.
Where can I track SB 555?
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