Consumer Protection - As introduced, enacts "The Tennessee Safe Stores and Staffed Stores Act;" requires drug and food retail establishments using self-service checkout stations to maintain a minimum staffing ratio, limits self-service transactions to no more than 15 items, and prohibits the purchase of age-restricted or security-tagged merchandise at self-service checkout stations. - Amends TCA Title 47, Chapter 18 and Title 50.

Summary

The bill mandates that drug and food retailers with self‑service checkout stations keep a staffed checkout for every four self‑service stations, limit self‑checkout transactions to 15 items, and bar age‑restricted or security‑tagged items from self‑checkout. It also requires public signage, employee monitoring, and sets civil penalties for violations. The aim is to improve safety and reduce theft.

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