Massachusetts 2023-2024 Regular Session

Massachusetts House Bill H309 Compare Versions

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2	2	HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 832 FILED ON: 1/17/2023
3	3	HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 309
4	4	The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
5	5	_________________
6	6	PRESENTED BY:
7	7	Jessica Ann Giannino
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9	9	To the Honorable Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in General
10	10	Court assembled:
11	11	The undersigned legislators and/or citizens respectfully petition for the adoption of the accompanying bill:
12	12	An Act to enhance retail sales and protect consumers from forced labor.
13	13	_______________
14	14	PETITION OF:
15	15	NAME:DISTRICT/ADDRESS :DATE ADDED:Jessica Ann Giannino16th Suffolk1/13/2023 1 of 2
16	16	HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 832 FILED ON: 1/17/2023
17	17	HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 309
18	18	By Representative Giannino of Revere, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 309) of
19	19	Jessica Ann Giannino for legislation to further regulate retail businesses with customer-operated
20	20	point-of-sale stations. Consumer Protection and Professional Licensure.
21	21	The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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23	23	In the One Hundred and Ninety-Third General Court
24	24	(2023-2024)
25	25	_______________
26	26	An Act to enhance retail sales and protect consumers from forced labor.
27	27	Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority
28	28	of the same, as follows:
29	29	1 Chapter 94 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2018 Official Edition, is hereby
30	30	2amended by inserting in Section 1 the following definitions:
31	31	3 Business, any retail business or quick service restaurant as defined in this section.
32	32	4 Customer-operated point-of-sale (POS) station, also known as self-scanning checkout or
33	33	5self-checkout (SCOs or assisted checkouts (ACOs) or self-service checkouts, a designated point-
34	34	6of-sale area where customers pay for and bag their own merchandise without interacting with a
35	35	7human cashier.
36	36	8 Point-of-sale system (POS), any computer or electronic system used by a retail
37	37	9establishment such as, but not limited to, Universal Product Code scanners, price lookup codes,
38	38	10or an electronic price lookup system as a means for determining the price of the item being
39	39	11purchased by a consumer. 2 of 2
40	40	12 Quick Service Restaurant, an establishment selling food or beverages where products are
41	41	13served to patrons primarily over a sales counter or a drive-up window sales point, where there is
42	42	14minimal or no direct service to patrons seated at tables, and where employees are paid at least the
43	43	15minimum required hourly wage.
44	44	16 Retail Business, a business that sells goods or products for use or consumption by
45	45	17individual purchasers, including but not limited to grocery stores, pharmacies, liquor stores,
46	46	18cannabis establishments and hardware stores.
47	47	19 And again after Section 184E by adding the following section:-
48	48	20 Section 184E ½
49	49	21 Section 2: Notwithstanding any special or general law to the contrary, any business that
50	50	22operates more than one Customer-operated point-of-sale station at any one time per location
51	51	23shall be required to offer patrons using said Customer-operated point-of-sale station not less than
52	52	24a 25% discount on all goods and services purchased per transaction.