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California Voters May Get Say in Daylight Savings Time in November

by ECT

A bill is now sitting on Governor Jerry Brown’s desk would, if signed, ask voters if they want to repeal the biannual changing of clocks and instead opt for keeping Daylight Savings Time year round.

If signed by Governor Brown, it could appear on the November ballot. If approved by voters, AB 807 would allow legislators to make changes to the law with a two-thirds vote.

Here is the press release by Assemblyman Kansen Chu (Milpitas, D).

(SACRAMENTO, CA) – AB 807 was approved by the Assembly and is on its way to the Governor’s Desk for signature.  This bill will place a proposition on the next statewide ballot asking voters if they would authorize the legislature to consider eliminating the practice of switching our clocks twice a year.

In 1949, California voters passed Proposition 12 that conformed California to the federal guidelines to move clocks ahead one hour in the spring and one hour back in the fall. If the bill is signed, a new ballot initiative would ask voters to repeal Proposition 12. Repealing Proposition 12 will authorize the Legislature to take action to eliminate the time switch and potentially move to Daylight Saving Time all year.

“If approved by the Governor, voters will get to decide whether or not to eliminate the practice of switching our clocks twice a year,” said Assemblymember Kansen Chu (Milpitas, D). “We started this practice to conserve energy during wartime, but studies show that this is no longer the case. We are no longer saving energy, and studies have shown this practice increases risk of heart attacks, traffic accidents and crimes. It is time that we as a state reconsider whether this is still beneficial to our residents.”


How the State Legislator voted:

DateResultLocationAyesNoesNVRMotion
06/21/18(PASS)Assembly Floor6866AB 807 CHU Concurrence in Senate Amendments
Ayes: Acosta, Aguiar-Curry, Arambula, Baker, Berman, Bigelow, Bloom, Bonta, Burke, Caballero, Calderon, Carrillo, Cervantes, Chau, Chávez, Chiu, Chu, Cooley, Cunningham, Daly, Eggman, Fong, Friedman, Gabriel, Gallagher, Cristina Garcia, Eduardo Garcia, Gipson, Gloria, Gonzalez Fletcher, Gray, Grayson, Harper, Holden, Irwin, Jones-Sawyer, Kalra, Kamlager-Dove, Kiley, Lackey, Limón, Low, Maienschein, Mayes, McCarty, Medina, Melendez, Muratsuchi, Nazarian, Obernolte, O’Donnell, Quirk, Quirk-Silva, Reyes, Rivas, Rodriguez, Rubio, Salas, Santiago, Steinorth, Mark Stone, Thurmond, Ting, Voepel, Waldron, Weber, Wood, Rendon
Noes: Travis Allen, Brough, Chen, Choi, Levine, Patterson
No Votes Recorded: Cooper, Dahle, Flora, Frazier, Mathis, Mullin
06/14/18(PASS)Senate Floor2694Assembly 3rd Reading AB807 Chu et al. By Wiener
Ayes: Anderson, Atkins, Beall, Bradford, Cannella, De León, Dodd, Gaines, Galgiani, Glazer, Hernandez, Hertzberg, Hueso, Lara, Leyva, McGuire, Mitchell, Moorlach, Pan, Portantino, Roth, Skinner, Stern, Stone, Wiener, Wilk
Noes: Bates, Fuller, Hill, Jackson, Monning, Morrell, Nguyen, Nielsen, Vidak
No Votes Recorded: Allen, Berryhill, Newman, Wieckowski

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5 comments

Nick Jun 25, 2018 - 8:22 am

It’s only an hour. I’m okay either way. People need to quit sweating the small stuff. Get a life. Do they really have a concern or are they too lazy to change their clocks?

May H. Jun 25, 2018 - 8:49 am

The time change is a total PITA. Can’t wait for it to go!

Scientist Jun 25, 2018 - 12:48 pm

This is BS. If we want to end switching the clock, we need to switch to permanent real time and not to permanent daylight savings. The time has an astronomical meaning, and permanent daylight savings would completely ignore that. The sun stands highest in the sky at noon, not at 1pm. It is what CA politicians do, move away from reality more and more.

LOL. OMG!! Jun 25, 2018 - 1:52 pm

Is this really a concern? WTF is going on with this State?

Maybe.. Jun 25, 2018 - 3:04 pm

California voters should learn how to tie their fuking shoes first? More people will turn out to vote for this shit, then they did for the next Governor!!!

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