Lola Smallwood-Cuevas
- Democratic
- Senator
- District 28
Author
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. 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.
August 29 hearing postponed by committee.
July 9 set for first hearing. Placed on APPR. suspense file.
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (June 25). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
Coauthors revised.
In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.
Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 26. Noes 10. Page 1404.) Ordered to the Assembly.
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 1. Page 1200.) (May 23).
Set for hearing May 23.
May 5 hearing: Placed on APPR. suspense file.
Set for hearing May 5.
Withdrawn from committee.
April 29 hearing postponed by committee.
From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on JUD.
Set for hearing April 29.
April 22 set for first hearing canceled at the request of author.
Set for hearing April 22.
Set for hearing April 8.
April 8 hearing postponed by committee.
Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on JUD.
From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 4. Noes 1. Page 567.) (March 26).
Set for hearing March 26.
Referred to Coms. on L., P.E. & R. and JUD.
From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 21.
Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.
| Bill Text Versions | Format |
|---|---|
| SB442 | HTML |
| 02/18/25 - Introduced | |
| 03/27/25 - Amended Senate | |
| 04/21/25 - Amended Senate |
| Document | Format |
|---|---|
| 03/25/25- Senate Committee on Labor, Public Employment and Retirement | |
| 05/02/25- Senate Appropriations | |
| 05/25/25- Sen. Floor Analyses | |
| 06/23/25- Assembly Labor and Employment | |
| 07/07/25- Assembly Appropriations |
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