West Coast states and British Columbia all passed legislation prior to the pandemic to move to daylight saving time permanently, but Congress has not acted, with recent versions of bills stalling in committees.
Now there is a multistate effort to instead make Pacific Standard Time permanent. California, Idaho, Oregon and Washington all recently introduced similar concepts.
Moving to Pacific Standard Time does not need the approval of Congress. States can opt out. But until and if that happens, we’ll set our clocks forward an hour on March 10.
Currently, most of Arizona and Hawaii are the only states on permanent standard time.
Here’s where the new legislation on the West Coast stands in each state.
California Assembly effort would repeal daylight saving time
Assembly Bill No. 1776 would repeal daylight saving time in California, requiring the state to observe year-round standard time. The proposal would require passage by a two-thirds vote.
Assemblyman Tri Ta of Westminster introduced the proposal. He said putting an end to switching from standard time to daylight saving time in the spring and then back to standard time in the fall would “promote the health of the people of California and across the American West.”