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READ MOREWATCHCloseDidn't Oregon ditch time change? Why you will still need to set clocks back an hour Sunday

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Mon, November 1, 2021 at 1:45 PMUpdated Mon, November 1, 2021 at 8:33 PM

An Oregon law to "lock the clock" on daylight saving time took effect Jan. 1, 2020. But the law also says the move away from the time change won't take effect until the first November after both Washington and California adopt year-round daylight saving time. Washington is on board. California ... is a work in progress. (SBG)

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EUGENE, Ore. - The sun will set at 5:55 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 6.

A day later, sunset will be 4:54 p.m. and continue growing earlier through December as winter approaches.

The hour change is a familiar one: We "fall back" from daylight saving time to Pacific standard time, just as a "spring forward" in March.

But it's also a familiar change Oregonians may be excused for thinking they'd putting behind them for good with the passage of a bill in 2019 to "lock the clock" on daylight saving time all year round.

Here's what's going on.

Since 1918, most of the United States has made the twice annual switch from standard time to daylight saving time.

State lawmakers passed a bill in June 2019 to keep Oregon on daylight saving time all year.

The governor signed it into law a week later.

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But you'll still need to set your clock back an hour this Sunday at 2 a.m.

And odds are good that, even after we spring forward again March 13, 2022 - and fall back once more on Nov. 6, 2022.

Even though Senate Bill 320 - which would keep most of Oregon on daylight saving time year-round - took effect January 1, 2020, that key provision - locking the clock on daily saving time - has yet to be triggered.

The bill would keep Oregon on daylight saving time and skip "falling back" in a future November. The portion of Oregon on Mountain Time in the far eastern portions of the state - cities like Ontario and Jordan Valley - would be exempt.

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But Oregon lawmakers said the change would only take effect the first November after both Washington and California adopt year-round daylight saving time.

Washington lawmakers passed legislation to do so, and California voters cast ballots directing lawmakers there to do the same. But the law hasn't been a priority for California lawmakers since it stalled last year in the state senate.

All three states also face one final hurdle: Congress needs to sign off on the deal.

So stay tuned: Oregon lawmakers built a 2029 deadline into the law, so there's still time to change to year-round daylight saving time.

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