AN ACT RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- RESTRICTIONS ON SELF-SERVICE CHECKOUT STATIONS ACT
Summary
Places limits on the number of self-service checkout stations a grocery store can have and on the workload of employees assigned to monitor those checkout stations.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2026
Committee Review
Jun 2026
Senate Passage
Jun 2026
House Passage
Jun 2026
Signed into Law
Jun 2026
Introduced Jan 30, 2026
Signed Jun 18, 2026
Floor votes · Senate May 21, 2026
How they voted
30–4
Passed · 2 other
Total votes 36
May 21, 2026
D
Democratic32
90% Yea
R
Republican4
75% Nay
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
18
Key actions
6
Committee
4
Jun 18, 2026
Signed into law
06/18/2026 Signed by Governor
executive
Jun 11, 2026
Upper · Passed
06/11/2026 Senate passed Sub B in concurrence
upper
Jun 10, 2026
Lower · Passed
06/10/2026 House passed Sub B
lower
Jun 9, 2026
Legislature · Passed
06/09/2026 Committee recommends passage of Sub B
legislature
May 22, 2026
Committee
05/22/2026 Referred to House Labor
lower
May 21, 2026
Upper · Passed
05/21/2026 Senate passed Sub A as amended (floor amendment)
upper
May 14, 2026
Legislature · Passed
05/14/2026 Committee recommends passage of Sub A
legislature
Mar 24, 2026
Committee
03/24/2026 Committee recommended measure be held for further study
legislature
Jan 30, 2026
Introduced
01/30/2026 Introduced, referred to Senate Commerce
upper
3 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Jake Bissaillon
DDemocratic
P
Matt LaMountain
DDemocratic
P
Val Lawson
DDemocratic
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