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With Americans gearing up to change their clocks forward on Sunday, lawmakers in more than two dozen states are attempting to keep daylight saving time permanent as part of a growing movement for brighter afternoons, though that switch is contingent on congressional action that has so far been unsuccessful.
Federal law under the Uniform Time Act allows states to observe year-round standard time, as Arizona and Hawaii have done, though it prohibits states from switching to permanent daylight saving time. A separate bipartisan bill would enable states to permanently switch to daylight saving time, though that bill is held up in committee.
If Congress passes that bill, a switch to permanent daylight saving time could take effect in more than two dozen states that have passed measures or have pending legislation contingent on congressional action, including Alabama, Alaska, Colorado, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Iowa, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Montana, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Utah, Washington and...
Nearly a dozen states have legislation in the works to switch to year-round standard time: Maine, Massachusetts, Minnesota, New York, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Vermont and Oregon, whose SenateVoters in California approved a resolution in 2018 allowing the state legislature to put the state on permanent daylight saving time, though lawmakers have not acted on the measure, while a bill in New York would establish a daylight saving time task force to study the effects of...
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