SACRAMENTO – After an unsuccessful campaign last year to end Daylight Savings Time, a California state lawmaker is trying again to put a stop to all of the springing forward and falling back that Californians do twice a year.

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Another California bill takes aim at daylight-saving time Kansen Chu, D-San Jose, wants to put the issue to voters, but to get it on the ballot he first must win support from his colleagues in the Legislature. Chu introduced Assembly Bill 807 on Wednesday.

Last year, the Senate narrowly voted the proposal down in bipartisan fashion, with opponents raising concerns about the summer and fall harvest as well as about being four hours behind the East Coast for half the year.

If Chu wins over his colleagues — and later, California voters — the Legislature would have the authority to either change the dates and times for Daylight Saving Time or to end it altogether with a simple majority vote.

But for now, Daylight Saving Time — which makes for darker spring mornings and later sunsets — is still in effect, and just around the corner. The state “springs forward” an hour on March 12.