Cal. Code Regs. tit. 15, § 3190
(b) Specific items of personal property shall be established by a consensus of individual facilities within the Division of Adult Institutions. An Authorized Personal Property Schedule, identifying a list of allowable property, not including religious property, shall be developed and updated no more frequently than twice yearly. Local facility exemptions to the property lists shall also be identified. All changes to the Authorized Personal Property Schedule shall be adopted in accordance with the rulemaking requirements of the Administrative Procedure Act (Government Code sections 11340 through 11350.3) and, if applicable, Penal Code section 5058.3.
The following five property lists are incorporated by reference:
(c) The Religious Personal Property Matrix (RPPM) (Rev. 11/23) identifies a separate list of allowable personal religious property, and is incorporated by reference. The RPPM shall be developed and updated by the Statewide Religious Review Committee (SRRC) no more frequently than twice yearly. Local exceptions to the RPPM shall also be identified.
(e) The Transgender, Non-Binary, and Intersex Incarcerated Persons Authorized Personal Property Schedule (TNIAPPS) (Rev. 07/24) identifies a separate list of allowable personal property afforded to transgender, non-binary, and intersex incarcerated persons as identified and documented in SOMS within a CDCR institution, and is incorporated by reference. The TNIAPPS shall be updated through the collaboration of all mission-based programs within the Division of Adult Institutions no more frequently than twice yearly. All changes to the TNIAPPS shall be adopted in accordance with the rulemaking requirements of the Administrative Procedure Act (Government Code sections 11340 through 11350.3) and, if applicable, Penal Code section 5058.3.
The following two property lists are incorporated by reference:
(l) Incarcerated persons shall be allowed special purchases of authorized personal property items from either departmentally-approved package vendors, departmentally-approved vendors of religious items, or locally-approved special purchase vendors. The institution head or their designee shall ensure approved vendor catalogs and order forms are available to eligible incarcerated persons. Special purchases are limited to the following:
(n) Incarcerated persons may be allowed to possess appliances and one musical instrument as follows:
(2) Incarcerated persons assigned to Privilege Group C may not possess entertainment appliances and/or a musical instrument. Incarcerated persons placed on Privilege Group C pursuant to a disciplinary action pursuant to subsections 3314(e)(3), 3315(g)(5)(C), or classification committee action shall have the disallowed property stored at the incarcerated person's institution.
Incarcerated persons assigned to Privilege Group C by a classification committee as a result of being deemed a program failure as defined in Section 3000 who receive one or more additional Administrative or Serious Rules Violation Reports shall be required to mail out, return, donate, or dispose of disallowed property in accordance with Subsection 3191(c).
Note: Authority cited: Sections 5058 and 5058.3, Penal Code. Reference: Sections 2086, 5006 and 5054, Penal Code; In re Alcala, Marin County Superior Court, No. 117925, December 20, 1984; Armstrong v. Davis Court Ordered Remedial Plan, Amended January 3, 2001; In re Armstrong, N.D. Cal, No. C 94-02307, March 20, 1998; and Quine v. Beard, No. C 14-02726 JST, Rhoades v. Montgomery, No. EHC01917, Taylor v. Hubbard, No. CV-00404-BAM PC, Rouser v. White Settlement Agreement, No. CV-0767-LKK-GGH(PC); and Prison Legal News v. Schwarzenegger Settlement Agreement, No. Civ-07-02058 CW and Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act, 42 United States Code Sections 2000cc et seq.
1. Amendment filed 3-6-85 as an emergency; effective upon filing (Register 85, No. 12). A Certificate of Compliance must be transmitted to OAL within 120 days or emergency language will be repealed on 7-3-85. For prior history, see Register 84, No. 47.
2. Order of Repeal of 3-6-85 emergency order filed 8-1-85 by OAL pursuant to Government Code Section 11349.6(b) (Register 85, No. 31).
3. Amendment filed 8-2-85 as an emergency; effective upon filing (Register 85, No. 31). A Certificate of Compliance must be transmitted to OAL within 120 days or emergency language will be repealed on 12-2-85.
4. Certificate of Compliance transmitted to OAL 12-2-85 and filed 12-23-85 (Register 85, No. 52).
5. Amendment of subsections (a) and (c), new subsection (d), relocation and amendment of former section 3092(a) to section 3190(e), new subsections (e)(1)-(7), relocation and amendment of former section 3092(b) to section 3190(f) and amendment of Note filed 12-30-2003 as an emergency; operative 1-1-2004 (Register 2004, No. 1). Pursuant to Penal Code section 5058.3(a)(1), a Certificate of Compliance must be transmitted to OAL by 6-9-2004 or emergency language will be repealed by operation of law on the following day.
6. Withdrawal and repeal of 12-30-2003 amendments filed 5-27-2004 as an emergency; operative 5-27-2004 (Register 2004, No. 22). Pursuant to Penal Code section 5058.3, a Certificate of Compliance must be transmitted to OAL by 9-24-2004 or emergency language will be repealed by operation of law on the following day.
7. Amendment of section and Note, including relocation and amendment of former subsection 3092(a) to section 3190(h), relocation and amendment of former section 3044(g)(4)(G) to section 3190(i)(3) and relocation and amendment of former section 3092(b) to section 3190(p), filed 5-27-2004 as an emergency; operative 5-27-2004 (Register 2004, No. 22). Pursuant to Penal Code section 5058.3, a Certificate of Compliance must be transmitted to OAL by 11-3-2004 or emergency language will be repealed by operation of law on the following day.
8. Certificate of Compliance as to 5-27-2004 order transmitted to OAL 10-28-2004 and filed 12-14-2004 (Register 2004, No. 51).
9. Amendment of section and Note filed 8-13-2007 as an emergency; operative 8-13-2007 (Register 2007, No. 33). Pursuant to Penal Code section 5058.3, a Certificate of Compliance must be transmitted to OAL by 1-22-2008 or emergency language will be repealed by operation of law on the following day.
10. Amendment of section and Note refiled 1-23-2008 as an emergency; operative 1-23-2008 (Register 2008, No. 4). A Certificate of Compliance must be transmitted to OAL by 4-22-2008 or emergency language will be repealed by operation of law on the following day.
11. Certificate of Compliance as to 1-23-2008 order, including further amendment of section and Note, transmitted to OAL 4-22-2008 and filed 6-4-2008 (Register 2008, No. 23).
12. Amendment filed 5-12-2009; operative 5-12-2009 (Register 2009, No. 20).
13. Amendment of article heading and subsections (a), (b), (b)(1), (b)(2), (b)(3), (b)(4), (b)(5) and (i)(4) filed 2-21-2013 as an emergency; operative 2-21-2013 (Register 2013, No. 8). Pursuant to Penal Code section 5058.3, a Certificate of Compliance must be transmitted to OAL by 7-31-2013 or emergency language will be repealed by operation of law on the following day.
14. Amendment of article heading and subsections (a), (b), (b)(1), (b)(2), (b)(3), (b)(4), (b)(5) and (i)(4) refiled 7-29-2013 as an emergency; operative 7-29-2013 (Register 2013, No. 31). Pursuant to Penal Code section 5058.3, a Certificate of Compliance must be transmitted to OAL by 10-28-2013 or emergency language will be repealed by operation of law on the following day.
15. New subsection (c) and subsection relettering filed 9-24-2013 as an emergency; operative 9-24-2013 (Register 2013, No. 39). Pursuant to Penal Code section 5058.3, a Certificate of Compliance must be transmitted to OAL by 3-3-2014 or emergency language will be repealed by operation of law on the following day.
16. Amendment of subsection (p) filed 10-29-2013 as an emergency; operative 10-29-2013 (Register 2013, No. 44). A Certificate of Compliance must be transmitted to OAL by 4-7-2014 or emergency language will be repealed by operation of law on the following day.
17. Certificate of Compliance as to 7-29-2013 order, including further amendment of article heading and subsections (b) and (j)(4), transmitted to OAL 10-24-2013 and filed 12-9-2013; amendments operative 12-9-2013 pursuant to Government Code section 11343.4(b)(3) (Register 2013, No. 50).
18. Amendment filed 1-8-2014 as an emergency; operative 1-8-2014 (Register 2014, No. 2). Pursuant to Penal Code section 5058.3, a Certificate of Compliance must be transmitted to OAL by 6-17-2014 or emergency language will be repealed by operation of law on the following day.
19. Certificate of Compliance as to 9-24-2013 order, including amendment of subsection (c), transmitted to OAL 2-20-2014 and filed 3-24-2014; amendments operative 3-24-2014 pursuant to Government Code section 11343.4(b)(3) (Register 2014, No. 13).
20. Certificate of Compliance as to 10-29-2013 order transmitted to OAL 4-4-2014 and filed 5-14-2014 (Register 2014, No. 20).
21. Certificate of Compliance as to 1-8-2014 order, including further amendment of subsections (b)(1)-(5), (j)(6), (k)(2) and (o), transmitted to OAL 6-16-2014 and filed 7-22-2014; amendments effective 7-22-2014 pursuant to Government Code section 11343.4(b)(3) (Register 2014, No. 30).
22. New subsections (d)-(d)(2), subsection relettering and amendment of Note filed 4-17-2017 as an emergency; operative 4-28-2017 (Register 2017, No. 16). Pursuant to Penal Code section 5058.3, a Certificate of Compliance must be transmitted to OAL by 10-5-2017 or emergency language will be repealed by operation of law on the following day.
23. New subsections (d)-(d)(2), subsection relettering and amendment of Note refiled 10-4-2017 as an emergency; operative 10-6-2017 (Register 2017, No. 40). Pursuant to Penal Code section 5058.3, a Certificate of Compliance must be transmitted to OAL by 1-4-2018 or emergency language will be repealed by operation of law on the following day.
24. New subsections (d)-(d)(2), subsection relettering and amendment of Note refiled 1-2-2018 as an emergency; operative 1-5-2018 (Register 2018, No. 1). Pursuant to Penal Code section 5058.3, a Certificate of Compliance must be transmitted to OAL by 4-5-2018 or emergency language will be repealed by operation of law on the following day.
25. Certificate of Compliance as to 1-2-2018 order, including amendment of subsections (d)(1)-(2), transmitted to OAL 4-4-2018 and filed 5-15-2018; amendments operative 5-15-2018 pursuant to Government Code section 11343.4(b)(3) (Register 2018, No. 20).
26. Amendment of subsections (k) and (k)(4) filed 8-13-2018; operative 10-1-2018 (Register 2018, No. 33).
27. Amendment of subsections (b)(1)-(5) and new subsection (k)(8) filed 7-23-2020 as an emergency; operative 7-23-2020 (Register 2020, No. 30). Pursuant to Penal Code section 5058.3, a Certificate of Compliance must be transmitted to OAL by 12-30-2020 or emergency language will be repealed by operation of law on the following day.
28. Emergency filed 7-23-2020 extended 60 days pursuant to Executive Order N-40-20 and an additional 60 days pursuant to Executive Order N-66-20 (Register 2020, No. 48). A Certificate of Compliance must be transmitted to OAL by 4-30-2021 or emergency language will be repealed by operation of law on the following day.
29. Amendment of subsections (l)(2)-(l)(3) and new subsection (l)(6) filed 2-24-2021; operative 4-1-2021 (Register 2021, No. 9). (Filing deadline specified in Government Code section 11349.3(a) extended 60 calendar days pursuant to Executive Order N-40-20.)
30. Amendment of subsections (b)(1)-(5) and new subsection (k)(8) refiled 4-27-2021 as an emergency; operative 4-30-2021 (Register 2021, No. 18). Emergency expiration extended 60 days (Executive Order N-40-20) plus an additional 60 days (Executive Order N-71-20). A Certificate of Compliance must be transmitted to OAL by 11-29-2021 or emergency language will be repealed by operation of law on the following day.
31. Certificate of Compliance as to 4-27-2021 order, including amendment of subsections (b)-(b)(5) and (k)(8), transmitted to OAL 11-29-2021 and filed 12-20-2021; amendments effective 12-20-2021 pursuant to Government Code section 11343.4(b)(3) (Register 2021, No. 52). Transmission deadline specified in Government Code section 11346.4(b) extended 60 calendar days pursuant to Executive Order N-40-20 and an additional 60 calendar days pursuant to Executive Order N-71-20.
32. Amendment of section and Note filed 11-22-2022; operative 1-1-2023 (Register 2022, No. 47).
33. Amendment of subsections (b)(1)-(b)(5) filed 1-23-2023; operative 4-1-2023 (Register 2023, No. 4).
34. Change without regulatory effect amending document “Religious Personal Property Matrix” (incorporated by reference) filed 4-11-2023 pursuant to section 100, title 1, California Code of Regulations (Register 2023, No. 15).
35. Amendment filed 10-24-2023 as an emergency; operative 11-1-2023 (Register 2023, No. 43). Pursuant to Penal Code section 5058.3, a Certificate of Compliance must be transmitted to OAL by 4-9-2024 or emergency language will be repealed by operation of law on the following day.
36. Amendment refiled 4-8-2024 as an emergency; operative 4-11-2024 (Register 2024, No. 15). Pursuant to Penal Code section 5058.3, a Certificate of Compliance must be transmitted to OAL by 7-10-2024 or emergency language will be repealed by operation of law on the following day.
37. Amendment of subsection (m)(2) filed 3-7-2024; operative 7-1-2024 (Register 2024, No. 10).
38. Change without regulatory effect amending section filed 7-1-2024 pursuant to section 100, title 1, California Code of Regulations (Register 2024, No. 27).
39. Certificate of Compliance as to 4-8-2024 order, including further amendment of subsections (d), (e), (m)(3), (m)(6) and (w) and amendment of Note, transmitted to OAL 6-18-2024 and filed 7-31-2024; amendments effective 7-31-2024 pursuant to Government Code section 11343.4(b)(3) (Register 2024, No. 31).
40. Amendment of subsections (h)-(l)(4) and (l)(6) repealer of subsection (l)(7), subsection renumbering and amendment of newly designated subsection (l)(7), subsection (v) and Note filed 11-21-2024; operative 11-21-2024 pursuant to Government Code section 11343.4(b)(3) (Register 2024, No. 47).
41. Change without regulatory effect amending subsections (i) and (l) filed 2-28-2025 pursuant to section 100, title 1, California Code of Regulations (Register 2025, No. 9).
42. New subsection (m) and subsection relettering filed 4-3-2026; operative 4-3-2026 pursuant to Government Code section 11343.4(b)(3) (Register 2026, No. 14).
43. Amendment of subsections (e)-(e)(2) filed 4-9-2026; operative 4-9-2026 pursuant to Government Code section 11343.4(b)(3) (Register 2026, No. 15).
44. Amendment of subsections (b)(1)-(5) filed 4-30-2026 as an emergency; operative 5-1-2026 (Register 2026, No. 18). Pursuant to Penal Code section 5058.3 a Certificate of Compliance must be transmitted to OAL by 10-08-2026 or emergency language will be repealed by operation of law on the following day.
45. Change without regulatory effect amending document “Transgender, Non-Binary, and lntersex Incarcerated Persons Authorized Personal Property Schedule” (incorporated by reference) filed 5-12-2026 pursuant to section 100, title 1, California Code of Regulations; operative 5-12-2026 (Register 2026, No. 20).