2018 California Proposition 7
Proposition 7 ("Prop 7") was a California ballot proposition in that state's general election on November 6, 2018. The measure passed, by a vote of about 60% Yes to 40% No.
Conforms California Daylight Saving Time to federal law. Allows legislature to change Daylight Saving Time period. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Results by county Yes: 50–60% 60–70% No: 50–60% | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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The proposition permits the California State Legislature to change the times and dates of daylight saving time period by a two-thirds vote, all while in compliance with federal law. For the state to have such powers, Proposition 12 (1949), which established daylight saving time in California, needed to be repealed, which can only be done by the electorate.
Following passage of Proposition 7, California Assemblymember Kansen Chu submitted Assembly Bill 7 in 2019 to "eliminate the biannual clock change in California and set the state on daylight saving time year-round, pending federal authorization." The bill died in committee in 2020.