Airport security line cutters are target of first-in-the-nation California bill
by Politico
Politico— A proposed law would go after the expedited security screening company CLEAR.
Boing Boing—California lawmakers introduce bill to stop letting wealthy people skip airport security lines. A bipartisan pair of California lawmakers want to do away with the obnoxious CLEAR line-cutting racket that lets the wealthy buy their way to the front, reports Politico. As Democratic Senator Josh Newman explains of his proposal to ban CLEAR from California airports, "The least you can expect when you have to go through the security line at the airport is that you don't suffer the indignity of somebody pushing you out of the way to let the rich person pass you," His Republican colleague Janet...
ABC News - Breaking News, Latest News and Videos—No cuts: Proposed bill could change skipping the security line at the airport. A proposed California bill, SB 1372, would ban CLEAR and third-party expedited security services from expanding without the use of a dedicated lane.
POLITICO—California bill to restrict CLEAR at airports passes first legislative hurdle. The bill was amended to avoid effectively placing a ban on the security screening company.