Despite passing with almost 60% of the vote, the proposition only allows the legislature to change the times and dates of daylight saving time period by a two-thirds vote of both chambers, while remaining in compliance with
federal law (which permits permanent standard time). In November 2019, Chu issued a news release promising to continue his efforts to urge passage of legislation in
Washington, DC. "I share the disappointment with other Californians that we will be switching our clocks once again this November after passing Proposition 7... Unfortunately, the California State Senate Committee on Energy, Utilities and Communications did not bring AB 7 up for a vote so the bill died [in that committee in 2020]. While I will not be coming back as a State Assemblymember next year, I will continue my advocacy at the state and federal level to uphold Californians' will to get rid of our outdated practice of switching the clock back and forth twice a year. I urge everyone who voted for Prop 7 to reach out to your state and federal representatives and ask them to continue my effort in the upcoming legislative session." In 2020, Democratic Assemblymember
Lorena Gonzalez, who was a co-author of both Prop 7 and AB 7, expressed interest in a new bill. She has noted that medical consensus supports permanent standard time and opposes permanent daylight saving time, and that federal law makes permanent standard time the quicker path to ending clock change. But she has questioned whether a super majority of the legislature can agree. In 2023, Republican Assemblymember
Tri Ta authored a bill, AB 2697, to establish permanent standard time. The bill died in committee during the 2024 legislative session. The bill was never heard in the Assembly and failed to advance. Republican Senator
Roger Niello introduced an identical bill in the Senate (SB 1413) which met the same fate. ==See also==