Regulating the use of self-service checkout stations.

HB 1739 regulates self-service checkout stations in Washington state grocery stores over 15,000 square feet. It requires stores to offer at least one manual checkout station for every customer when self-service is available, limit self-service transactions to 15 items (with visible signage), and ensure one employee monitors no more than two self-service stations at a time while relieved from other duties. Stores must also include self-service checkout in workplace hazard analysis for safety programs. The law exempts discount warehouses selling primarily bulk items and imposes daily civil penalties of $100 (capped at $10,000) for violations.