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Courthouse News: California Self-Checkout Bill Has New Life After Similar Effort Spoiled Last Year
A California bill that would regulate the use of self-checkout machines at grocery stores moved one step closer Wednesday to the bagged-item area.
The legislation — Senate Bill 442, written by Los Angeles Democratic state Senator Lola Smallwood-Cuevas — would prohibit grocery stores and retail drug businesses from having self-checkout, unless at least one manual checkout station is staffed. Additionally, self-checkout customers would have a 15-item limit along with signs posted stating that restriction. Customers also couldn’t buy items that require identification at self-checkout.