Will Oregon stop using daylight saving time in 2021?

(FEBRUARY 16, 2019) We change our clocks every spring. We move them one hour forward. We call this daylight saving time. It begins March 10. We move them one hour backward in the fall. This is called standard time.

Many countries in the world change their clocks. Most of the United States does this. Only Arizona and Hawaii do not.

Some lawmakers in Oregon want our state to stop using daylight saving time. Kim Thatcher is a state senator. Bill Post is a state representative. They are both from Keizer. They work in the state government in Salem.

Thatcher and Post are introducing a new law. They want Oregon to stop using daylight saving time. They want the state to stay on daylight saving time beginning November 7, 2021.

This is the process: First, the state senators and representatives have to agree. Then the voters of Oregon must approve the change. Finally, the U.S. Congress in Washington, DC must also approve.

Some people use an old phrase to remember what to do: Spring forward; fall back. "Spring" means both the season of the year and the verb to jump ahead suddenly. "Fall" means both the season and the verb to drop behind.