A bill in California's state assembly takes aim at paper receipts and if passed, would ban businesses from handing customers receipts unless they specifically ask for it. In the reintroduced "Skip ...

Assemblyman Phil Ting, D-San Francisco, displays a long paper receipt as he discusses his bill to require businesses to offer electronic receipts, Tuesday, Jan. 8, 2019, in Sacramento, Calif. (AP ...

Assemblyman Phil Ting (D-San Francisco) displays a long paper receipt as he discusses his bill to require businesses to offer electronic receipts in 2019 in Sacramento. Under his legislation ...

Long paper receipts, such as those at CVS stores, are here to stay (for now) after California lawmakers rejected a bill to ban them unless a consumer specifically asked for one.

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Those body-length receipts from retail stores are here to stay. The California Legislature had been considering banning paper receipts unless requested by a customer.

The bill would require stores to use electronic receipts as the default option. Stores that continue to give out printed receipts could be subject to a civil penalty of $25 per day, capping at an ...