Your trip to the grocery store might soon look different. Proposed bills in several states might change the way that stores are able to use self-checkout lanes. If you're a fan of the speed and convenience these checkouts offer, you might find them subjected to some extra regulations soon.
States are implementing new self-checkout rules in an attempt to reduce retail theft. Ohio Senate Bill 415, introduced in April, would implement several requirements on self-checkouts. If passed, the bill would require stores to offer at least one staffed checkout, have at least one employee supervising each three self-checkouts and limit customers using self-checkouts to 15 items.
