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82nd OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2024 Regular Session
A-Engrossed
Senate Bill 1548
Ordered by the Senate February 28
Including Senate Amendments dated February 28
Sponsored by Senators THATCHER, STEINER, WAGNER, Representative CATE; Senators LINTHICUM, MEEK,
PROZANSKI, WEBER, Representatives BOICE, HARTMAN, MANNIX, MCINTIRE (Presession filed.)
SUMMARY
The following summary is not prepared by the sponsors of the measure and is not a part of the body thereof subject
to consideration by the Legislative Assembly. It is an editor’s brief statement of the essential features of the
measure. The statement includes a measure digest written in compliance with applicable readability standards.
Digest: For the part of the state in the Pacific Time Zone, stops the one-hour change of
time in the spring and fall of each year and keeps the zone at standard time year-round if
CA and WA states do the same within 10 years. (Flesch Readability Score: 64.1).
[Digest: For the part of the state in the Pacific Time Zone, stops the one-hour change of time in the
spring and fall of each year and keeps the zone at standard time year-round. (Flesch Readability Score:
73.3).]
For the part of the state located in the Pacific Time Zone, abolishes the annual one-hour change
in time from standard time to daylight saving time and maintains the Pacific Time Zone portion of
Oregon on standard time for all 12 months of the calendar year, if California and Washington
make the same change within the next 10 years. Restores current time standards if
California and Washington do not make the standard time change within 10 years .
A BILL FOR AN ACT
Relating to standards of time; creating new provisions; amending ORS 187.110; and repealing
sections 2 and 3, chapter 421, Oregon Laws 2019.
Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:
SECTION 1. Sections 2 and 3, chapter 421, Oregon Laws 2019, are repealed.
SECTION 2. ORS 187.110 is amended to read:
187.110. (1) The standard of time for the State of Oregon shall be the United States standard
of time as established by the Congress of the United States for any particular area of the state un-
der 15 U.S.C. 261[, except that from 2 a.m. on the second Sunday in March until 2 a.m. on the first
Sunday in November the standard of time for any area of this state shall be one hour in advance of
the standard established for that particular area by the Congress of the United States under 15 U.S.C.
261].
(2) The portion of the State of Oregon that is located in the Pacific Time Zone is exempt
from 15 U.S.C. 260a, pursuant to the authority set forth in 15 U.S.C. 260a (a)(2).
[(2)] (3) No department of the state government and no county, city or other political subdivision
shall employ any other time or adopt any statute, ordinance or order providing for the use of any
other standard of time.
SECTION 3. ORS 187.110, as amended by section 1, chapter 421, Oregon Laws 2019, is amended
toread:
187.110. (1) The standard of time for the State of Oregon shall be [one hour in advance of] the
United States standard of time as established by the Congress of the United States for any partic-
ular area of the state under 15 U.S.C. 261.[, except that:]
NOTE:Matter in boldfaced type in an amended section is new; matter [italic and bracketed] is existing law to be omitted.
New sections are in boldfaced type.
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[(a) The standard of time for that portion of the State of Oregon that is in the Mountain Time Zone
shall be the United States standard of time as established by the Congress of the United States for that
area under 15 U.S.C. 261; and]
[(b) From 2 a.m. on the second Sunday in March until 2 a.m.on the first Sunday in November the
standard of time for that portion of the State of Oregon that is in the Mountain Time Zone shall be
one hour in advance of the standard established for that area by the Congress of the United States
under 15 U.S.C. 261.]
(2) The portion of the State of Oregon that is located in the Pacific Time Zone is exempt
from 15 U.S.C. 260a, pursuant to the authority set forth in 15 U.S.C. 260a (a)(2).
[(2)] (3) No department of the state government and no county, city or other political subdivision
shall employ any other time or adopt any statute, ordinance or order providing for the use of any
other standard of time.
SECTION 4. ORS 187.110, as amended by sections 1 and 4, chapter 421, Oregon Laws 2019, is
amended to read:
187.110. (1) The standard of time for the State of Oregon shall be the United States standard
of time as established by the Congress of the United States for any particular area of the state un-
der 15 U.S.C. 261[, except that from 2 a.m. on the second Sunday in March until 2 a.m. on the first
Sunday in November the standard of time for any area of this state shall be one hour in advance of
the standard established for that particular area by the Congress of the United States under 15 U.S.C.
261].
(2) The portion of the State of Oregon that is located in the Pacific Time Zone is exempt
from 15 U.S.C. 260a, pursuant to the authority set forth in 15 U.S.C. 260a (a)(2).
[(2)] (3) No department of the state government and no county, city or other political subdivision
shall employ any other time or adopt any statute, ordinance or order providing for the use of any
other standard of time.
SECTION 5.The amendments to ORS 187.110 by sections 2, 3 and 4 of this 2024 Act be-
come operative at 2 a.m. on the second Sunday of the first March in which the standard time
in the States of California and Washington is the United States standard of time for
California and Washington and does not contain a one-hour advancement of the standard
time in those states.
SECTION 6.If the amendments to ORS 187.110 by sections 2, 3 and 4 of this 2024 Act
have not become operative by March 1, 2034, section 5 of this 2024 Act is repealed on March
1, 2034.
SECTION 7. If section 5 of this 2024 Act is repealed by section 6 of this 2024 Act, on March
1, 2034, ORS 187.110, as amended by sections 2, 3 and 4 of this 2024 Act, is amended to read:
187.110. (1) The standard of time for the State of Oregon shall be the United States standard
of time as established by the Congress of the United States for any particular area of the state un-
der 15 U.S.C. 261, except that from 2 a.m. on the second Sunday in March until 2 a.m. on the
first Sunday in November the standard of time for any area of this state shall be one hour
in advance of the standard established for that particular area by the Congress of the United
States under 15 U.S.C. 261.
[(2) The portion of the State of Oregon that is located in the Pacific Time Zone is exempt from 15
U.S.C. 260a, pursuant to the authority set forth in 15 U.S.C. 260a (a)(2).]
[(3)] (2) No department of the state government and no county, city or other political subdivision
shall employ any other time or adopt any statute, ordinance or order providing for the use of any
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