US: Oregon bill would ban beer and wine from self-checkout lines: Oregon Legislature today
US: Oregon bill would ban beer and wine from self-checkout lines: Oregon Legislature today
Mar 15, 2013 6
(OregonLive) - Hey you! Forget about taking that six-pack of beer through the self-checkout line.
Take it through one of the regular checkout lines instead.
That's what you might hear at your local grocery store if House Bill 2398 becomes law in Oregon.
The bill, which has set off a fight between the grocery industry and the United Food and Commercial Workers Union, will be up for a hearing at 8 a.m. Friday in the House Business and Labor Committee.
The bill would prohibit sales of alcoholic beverages, tobacco products and over-the-counter and prescription drugs in the self checkout lines. Since stores already keep tobacco products and prescription drugs away from self-checkout lines, the bill would mostly affect beer, wine and over-the-counter medications.
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