California bill SB 1446, introduced by Senator Smallwood-Cuevas, aims to regulate self-checkout systems in grocery and retail drug establishments. If passed, the bill would impose conditions on self-service checkout, such as limiting the number of stations per employee and ensuring the availability of manned checkout counters. It also restricts the use of self-checkout for certain items and requires businesses to assess the impact of such technology on jobs.
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Self-checkout stations at grocery stores are fast, convenient, and fairly easy to use. But they're also a magnet for theft and, as losses for retail stores pile up, California may try to do something about it.
A new California bill has the potential to ban self-checkout options in grocery stores in an attempt to curb retail theft.
Senate Bill 1446, introduced by Democratic state Sen. Lola Smallwood-Cuevas, would “prohibit a grocery or retail drug establishment from providing a self-service checkout option” unless conditions such as ensuring that no more than two self-service checkout stations are monitored by one employee are met, according to a summary of the proposed legislation.
A newly proposed bill in California could ban grocery stores and certain retailers from offering self-checkout options for customers in an effort to cut down on theft.
A newly proposed bill in California could ban grocery stores and certain retailers from offering self-checkout options for customers in an effort to cut down on theft.
A proposed bill in California could lead to fewer self-checkout kiosks in the Golden State.
Senate Bill 1446, part of a bill package introduced by state Sen. Lola Smallwood-Cuevas in February, would require many large grocery and drug retail stores to staff up their self-checkout stations.
A SoCal state Senator is pushing a new bill that would eliminate self-checkout stands from many stores in California, under the reasoning that self-checkout is responsible for a whole lot of shoplifting, and to keep more human cashiers employed.
A bill that would add heavy regulations on self-checkout stations in large grocery and drug stores, received both support and opposition in the past week.
Senate Bill 1446, authored by Senator Lola Smallwood-Cuevas (D-Los Angeles), would specifically prohibit grocery and drug stores from providing a self-service checkout option for customers unless specified conditions are satisfied.