For the part of the state located in the Pacific Time Zone, abolishes the annual one-hour change in time from standard time to daylight saving time and maintains the Pacific Time Zone portion of Oregon on standard time for all 12 months of the calendar year, if California and Washington make the same change within the next 10 years. Restores current time standards if California and Washington do not make the standard time change within 10 years.

In 1883 the country had 300 different local times, so federal law established a Standard Time by railroad executives for scheduling travel. Daylight Savings Time was a result of WWI to save on fuel and energy by creating an extra hour of sun light before the sun went down. Under federal law, states may not adopt year-round daylight saving time, and now has grown to eight months, making it in effect the new “standard” time.

Congress proposed to make daylight savings time year round in 2021 but failed to finalize it. Farmers agree, and the golf industry claims it’s worth $200 million in additional revenue each year. However, barbecuing claims a $100 million lose.

Nineteen states have voted to abolish daylight savings time, but keep on changing their clocks. Thirty states have proposed to make daylight savings time permanent. Oregon also passed bills in 2019 for year-round DST, but Oregon never adopted the measure, and a subsequent effort in 2024 also failed.

Arizona and Hawaii are the only states that have standard time year-round. The rest of the states continue to change our clock enjoying more light during waking hours.

Since there is so many different opinions on this subject, it seems the voters should decide, and maybe Congress will take up the issue again so we have a true choice.