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The Oregon Senate on Monday narrowly passed a proposal to switch the state from daylight saving time to standard time 鈥� but only if Washington and California do so first.

A deadlocked vote in the chamber means Oregon will not be changing its time standard without its neighbors following suit.

On Sunday, the annual ritual of 鈥渇alling back鈥� will occur at 2 a.m. Pacific Time for Oregonians, when clocks switch from daylight saving time to standard time. But the state is trying to stop the practice.

Most Americans switched their clocks forward last month in observation of daylight saving time, but the debate over biannual time changes ticks on at the California state Capitol.

In 2018, California voters passed a ballot measure that could have led to the end of daylight saving time in the state. Spring forward four years, and residents will still be changing their clocks this weekend, and may be voting on the issue again in November.

On Sunday, the annual occasion of 鈥渇alling back鈥� occurred at 2 a.m. Pacific Time for Oregonians as the clocks switched from daylight saving time to standard time. But the state is trying to stop the practice.

Residents of the Pacific Northwest will have to set their clocks ahead by an hour this weekend to move onto daylight saving time. The Oregon and Washington legislatures voted nearly two years ago to stay on daylight time year-round -- joined later by Idaho and British Columbia -- but still the biannual time change ritual and associated grumbling persists.

Remember all those studies that say teens need more sleep? Some schools have adjusted their start times to accommodate the need, but now the push to鈥�

Spring ahead, fall back; lose an hour, gain an hour. Complaints about our bi-annual changing of clocks to accomodate Daylight Saving Time are on the鈥�

Oregon's troubled health care exchange, Cover Oregon, continues to struggle. And many of us continue to struggle with the recent switch to Daylight Saving鈥�