CaliforniaGrocery retail store and retail drug establishment employees: self-service checkout.
What it does
Existing law imposes certain requirements on grocery employers, as defined, upon the purchase or change in control of a grocery establishment, including requiring a successor grocery employer to retain eligible grocery workers for a specified period after transfer of the grocery establishment.
More detail
This bill would prohibit a grocery retail store or a retail drug establishment, as those terms are defined, from providing a self-service checkout option for customers unless specified conditions are satisfied, including having at least one manual checkout station staffed by an employee who is available to any given customer at the time that a self-service checkout option is made available to that customer.
This bill would require a grocery retail store or retail drug establishment that offers self-service checkout to include self-service checkout in the employer's illness and prevention program, as required by regulations of the Division of Occupational Safety and Health. The bill also would require a grocery retail store or retail drug establishment that intends to implement self-checkout to notify workers and their collective bargaining representatives at least 60 days in advance of the implementation, as specified. The bill would not preempt any city, county, or city and county ordinance that provides equal or greater protection to workers.
This bill would make an employer who violates the bill's provisions subject to a civil penalty of $1,000 per violation per day, not to exceed an aggregate penalty of $200,000.
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Where it stands
- Introduced
- Passed Senate
- Passed Assembly
- To Governor
- Became Law
Looking ahead
No hearings or votes scheduled.
History
- 2025
- Aug 29August 29 hearing postponed by committee.Latest
- Jul 9July 9 set for first hearing. Placed on APPR. suspense file.
- Jun 26From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (June 25). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.Minor
- Jun 26Coauthors revised.
- Jun 25
- Vote recorded Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]. Result: pass.Lower
- Jun 9Referred to Com. on L. & E.Minor
- Jun 3In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.Minor
- Jun 2Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 26. Noes 10. Page 1404.) Ordered to the Assembly.Passed Senate
- Vote recorded 3rd Reading SB442 Smallwood-Cuevas. Result: pass.Upper
- May 23Read second time. Ordered to third reading.Minor
- Vote recorded Do pass. Result: pass.Upper
- May 23From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 1. Page 1200.) (May 23).Minor
- May 16Set for hearing May 23.
- May 5May 5 hearing: Placed on APPR. suspense file.
- Vote recorded Placed on suspense file. Result: pass.Upper
- Apr 25Set for hearing May 5.
- Apr 22Re-referred to Com. on APPR.Minor
- Apr 22Withdrawn from committee.Major
- Apr 22April 29 hearing postponed by committee.
- Apr 21From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on JUD.Major
- Apr 11Set for hearing April 29.
- Apr 10April 22 set for first hearing canceled at the request of author.
- Apr 3Set for hearing April 22.
- Apr 1April 8 hearing postponed by committee.
- Apr 1Set for hearing April 8.
- Mar 27Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on JUD.Major
- Mar 26From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 4. Noes 1. Page 567.) (March 26).Major
- Vote recorded Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Judiciary]. Result: pass.Upper
- Mar 18Set for hearing March 26.
- Feb 26Referred to Coms. on L., P.E. & R. and JUD.Minor
- Feb 19From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 21.
- Feb 18Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.Introduced