Some Oregonians will be pleased, others not so much: self-service gas is coming to our state. 

The news became official Friday when Gov. Tina Kotek announced a list of bills she plans to veto. Not among them? House Bill 2426, which passed both legislative chambers by wide margins earlier this year, and will allow gas stations statewide to offer self-filling at up to half of their pumps. In populous areas, stations will still employ attendants. 

Lawmakers banned self-serve gas back in 1951, citing safety concerns and job creation. In 2015, the legislature passed a law allowing after-hours self-pumping in rural stations. Three years later, that law was expanded to allow rural customers self-service at all hours. Polling conducted by DHM Research in 2021 suggested that a majority of Oregonians, 63 percent, supported self-serve gas, making it a no-win issue for Kotek.

The new law will go into effect either when Kotek signs it, or if she lets it go unsigned on August 4.

"First of all, I want to thank Oregonians who took up my request to let us know how they feel about self-service gas," Kotek told reporters Friday. "I think we received over 5,000 emails on that." Dancing around the question, Kotek said she's still considering whether "this is the next right step." 

Though Kotek did not promise in her press conference Friday to sign the bill, she also did not signal she will block it. Translation: it will likely go unsigned by the deadline next Friday and become law.