Oregon’s Senate has repealed a 72-year prohibition against self-service gas, with new legislation requiring gas stations to staff half the available pumps, while allowing the rest to be self-service. The bill, responding to industry staffing shortages, also prohibits charging more for full-service than self-service, likely leading to the phasing out of full-service pumps.

  • Oregonian here, you are correct. This headline is kinda click baity, but they did expand that rule so it’s not completely off.

    But yeah, if an area had under a certain population they were not required to staff the gas pumps. Higher population density areas it’s still required. Well, was still required. That’s gone now haha