Oregon No Longer Mandatory Full Serve at Gas Stations

As many of you already know, the Oregon Legislature made history yesterday in passing House Bill 2426, which will allow the choice of self-service among consumers. It had strong bipartisan support in the Senate with 16 votes in support, 9 votes against and 5 abstentions. To conclude, this bill will be sent to Gov. Tina Kotek for her signature. There are no expected delays in signing from the Governor’s office which will leave New Jersey as the only state in the Union with a ban on self-service. I received an early morning phone call from my counterpart, Eric DeGesaro, at the Fuel Merchants of New Jersey, congratulating us on passing this important piece of legislation.

Moving forward, rural counties will be able to offer self-serve at all hours and in non-rural counties, self-service will be allowed at no more than 50% of pumps, with attended service at the remaining pumps.

We thank all of you for your support and encouragement over the past several years as OFA has fought this fight. And I extend a personal and heartfelt thank you to our lobbyists, Danelle Romain and Mike Freese, who have stayed the course and championed this cause the entire time. OFA is fortunate to have them.

I will be sure to keep all of you updated in the coming weeks regarding this transition and I look forward to seeing each of you next month in Sunriver!