In the Senate's Judiciary Committee since April 15, 2026.
2026 Regular Session
Senate Bill 438
AN ACT REGULATING SELF-CHECKOUT STATIONS IN GROCERY STORES.
What it does
The synopsis the General Assembly published with the bill.
To require that grocery stores that offer self-checkout stations (1) have one manual checkout station operating for every two self-checkout stations operating, (2) have at least one employee for every two self-checkout stations monitoring such stations, and (3) do not operate more than eight self-checkout stations at any time.
Sponsors
Who carried the bill in each chamber, and who signed on. Each name leads to the member's page.
In the Senate
Sponsor
In the House of Representatives
3 co-sponsors
Its course
March 5 to April 15, 2026, on one scale. In the top row each mark is a day something happened; taller marks are busier days.
Each committee stop sits inside its chamber.
Every action11 actions on 6 days
In the SenateFrom Mar 5
Labor and Public Employees CommitteeMar 5 to Mar 1914 days
Judiciary CommitteeFrom Apr 15
Text
Each version as the General Assembly printed it.
l9n doesn't hold this bill's text yet.
What happened
In l9n's words, one line for each step. Every action as the General Assembly published it is below.
In the Senate Mar 5 – Apr 15
- Mar 5Introduced and sent to Labor and Public Employees Committee
- Mar 6Heard in Labor and Public Employees Committee
- Mar 19Labor and Public Employees Committee recommended it
- Apr 15Sent to Judiciary Committee
All 11 actions, as published
- Mar 5REF. TO JOINT COMM. ONBoth houses
- Mar 6PUBLIC HEARINGBoth houses
- Mar 19Joint FavorableBoth houses
- Mar 19FILED WITH LCOBoth houses
- Mar 30REFERRED TO OLR, OFABoth houses
- Apr 7RPTD. OUT OF LCOBoth houses
- Apr 7FAV. RPT., TAB. FOR CAL., SEN.Senate
- Apr 7SENATE CALENDAR NUMBERSenate
- Apr 7FILE NO.Both houses
- Apr 15REF. BY SEN. TO COMM. ONSenate
- Apr 15IMMEDIATE TRANSMITTAL TO COMMITTEESenate