PORTLAND, Ore. — In her 1989 hit, Cher sang "If I could turn back time", well this Sunday you get to do just that...again.
Numerous laws had been signed and repealed, but it became official in 1966 when President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Uniform Time Act. It required all states to adopt Daylight Saving Time (DST) prescribed by the Standard Time Act of 1918. It was a way to simplify the official pattern of when and where DST was applied within the United States. Prior to its signing, each state had its own different laws for when DST would begin and end and even in what parts of the state it would be used.
In April of 2019, the Oregon House of Representatives passed a bill that would keep Oregon on DST, the senate passed it as well and Governor Brown signed it.
In order for Senate Bill 320 to take effect, California and Washington would need to adopt similar bills. Washington's Governor Jay Inslee has already signed a bill and voters in California have showed support, but it still needs to go through the legislature.
If and when it's passed, most of Oregon would no longer "fall back" in November and instead stay on Daylight Saving Time all-year-round. Malheur County in eastern Oregon being the only portion of the state to not do this because it is in the Mountain Time Zone.