California Senate Energy Committee will hear testimony on SB-1197, a bill to ditch Daylight Saving Time by end of year with permanent Standard Time. Hearing is 9am on Tuesday, April 7. Please send a statement in support by 12pm on Wednesday, April 1. You can also come in person to voice support (time limit is 10 seconds).
👉Tell the committee to “Support SB-1197”:
- Either email a statement to the committee assistant, Ms Melanie Cain: melanie.cain@sen.ca.gov
- Or upload a statement to the California Legislature “Position Letter Portal”: https://calegislation.lc.ca.gov/Advocates/
- If your letter is from an organization, it must include the name of the individual who is authorized to submit letters on behalf of the organization.
- If your letter is from a coalition, it must include the name of each organization and the name of each individual who is authorized to submit letters on behalf of each organization.
👉Suggested message:
- Dear Honorable Legislators, please support SB-1197. This bill is the quickest, safest, and most sure way to ditch the switch, as most everyone wants to do. Permanent Standard Time is pre-approved by federal law, it’s proven by history to last decades, and it’s supported by science to be best for sleep, mood, health, safety, learning, and productivity. Daylight Saving Time darkens mornings and deprives sleep, for no objective benefit. Summer and winter will always have longer and shorter days by nature. Arizona, Hawaii, Mexico, and most nations have ditched DST, and most US states are considering it. The American Academy of Sleep Medicine, National Safety Council, American Academy of Neurology, and a hundred more nonprofits endorse this. We are tired of switching and tired of waiting. Support SB-1197 to ditch DST!
🙌 If you’d like also to speak in person:
- Location is Room 1200 of the Capitol Annex: 1021 O St, Sacramento, CA 95814
- Come at the hearing time, and when members of the public are invited to speak, step to the microphone, say your name and where you live or work, and say “I support this bill”.
🛟If you need help:
- Call the committee at: 916-651-4107
- Call the office of Senator Roger Niello, author of SB-1197: 916-651-4006
- See the committee website:Â https://seuc.senate.ca.gov/committeehome
- And the hearing webpage: https://seuc.senate.ca.gov/hearings/2026-hearings/april-7-2026-hearing
🧠Notable quotations:
- “Permanent Standard Time is the only fair, viable option… Permanent Daylight Saving could create real health/safety issues. Humans require adequate morning light so that our internal biological rhythms synchronize properly to local time. Lack leads to metabolic disorders, depression, cardiovascular disease…”
—Chancellor Gene Block PhD, University of California, Los Angeles
https://newsroom.ucla.edu/stories/who-wants-to-go-to-work-in-the-dark
- “Light in the morning is very important. Permanent Standard Time is best for our health and well-being.”
—Jennifer Martin PhD, Professor of Medicine at the University of California, Los Angeles, & Past President of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine
- “Staying in permanent Standard Time would be better, from a biological perspective, than either permanent Daylight Saving Time or the current shift twice per year.”
—Jamie Zeitzer PhD, Professor of Behavioral Sciences, Stanford University
https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/stanford-daylight-saving-time-health-21049551.php
[Original source: savestandardtime.com]