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ACCESSIBILITYDidn't Oregon 'lock the clock?' Here's why you still have to spring forward March 14

by Mark Furman

Fri, February 26, 2021 at 2:26 PMOregon lawmakers passed a bill in June 2019 to keep Oregon on daylight savings time all year. The governor signed it into law a week later. But you'll still need to set your clock back an hour this Sunday. (SBG)Comment on this story0CommentShare storyShare

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EUGENE, Ore. - Sunrise is 6:27 a.m. on March 13 and sunset is 6:16 p.m.

A day later the sun rises at 7:35 a.m. - and sets at 7:17 p.m.

The change comes as we set our clocks forward an hour for daylight saving time at 2 a.m. on Sunday, March 14.

You know the drill: Spring forward. Fall back.

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

But didn't we do away with the time change years ago?

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

The governor signed it into law a week later.

But you'll still need to set your clock ahead an hour this March.

And you'll probably need to fall back an hour again to standard time on November 7, 2021.

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Even though Senate Bill 320 - which would keep most of Oregon on daylight saving time year-round - took effect January 1, 2020, the 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 November. The portion of Oregon on Mountain Time - cities like Ontario and Jordan Valley - would be exempt.

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But Oregon lawmakers said the change would 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 bill stalled in the state senate; and California lawmakers again didn't pass a bill in 2020.

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

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

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