The clocks will once again fall back one hour this Sunday at 2 a.m. for Oregonians, however this event continues to feel obsolete to many. 

Nov. 2 at 2:00 a.m. clocks will be turned backward one hour to show 1:00 a.m. This will mean sunrise and sunset will be one hour earlier, and there will be less light in the evening and more light in the mornings. 

The Oregon legislature has worked on creating a standard time for the past couple of years. The goal of this years-long effort would be for Oregonians to never need to change their clock again, and stop participating in Daylight Saving Time (DST). 

Senate bill 1038, which is currently in committee, focuses on abolishing the annual time change and putting Oregon on a standard time for all 12 months. 

For Senate Bill 1038, Dick Anderson and Kim Thatcher are the Chief Sponsors. The bill is currently with the Committee of Veterans, Emergency Management, Federal and World Affairs. This bill has been in limbo with this committee since March 2025. 

Fellow pacific coast states, California and Washington, have already successfully voted to make the switch and are working towards fully making the change within the next 10 years. However, if CA and WA do not make this transition, OR is not likely to either. 

This issue is also seen on the federal level, with the Sunshine Protection Act of 2025 currently making its way through congress. In 2022, the bill was passed by congress but declined by the house of representatives. 

If passed this act will bring all of the United States to DST. This will result in more daylight in winter time rather than less. 

If all bills and acts were to go through, it would not be the first time DST has been discontinued in the US. However, the US has operated under DST since prior to World War II, since 1918.