Oregon Senate committee votes to end Daylight Saving Time

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) – Sick of setting your clocks forward and backward every year? You could soon be in luck, because some Oregon legislators are trying to save you the trouble.

A bill proposing that the state should abolish the one-hour change from standard to Daylight Saving Time each year was unanimously passed by a senate committee Thursday.

SB 1548 would let Oregonians living in the Pacific Time Zone stay on standard time for all 12 months of the year. Oregon would join the ranks of Hawaii and Arizona, the only other two states that currently don’t practice Daylight Saving Time.

It follows the 2019 decision that specified Oregon would only make a permanent switch to Daylight Saving Time if the same decision were made in California and Washington by 2029.

The new bill will now head for a floor debate, where it will then be voted upon by the Oregon House and Senate.