Which states are getting rid of daylight saving time?
- Daylight saving time is ending in the US on Sunday
- 19 states have attempted to alter the US' policy on daylight saving
- US Transport Department controls the daylight saving time rule
The daylight saving time cycle will end in the United States on Sunday, however, multiple states in the country are rallying to make sure Americans do not have to alter their clocks twice a year.
About 19 states in the country have attempted to introduce legislative initiatives to secure a “year-round daylight saving time”, according to reports from USA Today citing Jim Reed, a member of the National Conference of State Legislatures.
He said, “In the last four years, 19 states have enacted legislation or passed resolutions to provide for year-round daylight saving time, if Congress were to allow such a change, and in some cases, if surrounding states enact the same legislation.”
Which are the states that have introduced such bills?
The trend has been noticed majorly in states that are located either on the western or eastern seaboard of the United States, hinting at a geographical challenge.
The list includes states like Washington, Oregon, Delaware, California, Ohio, Minnesota, Montana, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, South Carolina, Utah, Tennessee, Louisiana, Arkansas, Maine, Wyoming, Idaho and Florida.
National Conference of State Legislatures’ member added that half a dozen states have enacted measures to make daylight savings time a year-round practice, according to reports from USA Today.
The concept of daylight saving time, which was first introduced in the United States during World War I, has been under the helm of the Department of Transportation.
The federal government department, which currently is headed by Transport Secretary Pete Buttigieg, says that the method saves energy, prevents road accidents and curbs crime. However, many experts have argued saying that the health effects of losing sleep due to the practice can be harmful.
States and territories like Arizona, Hawaii, Guam, American Samoa, Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands have used the 1966 Uniform Time Act to opt-out of daylight saving time, putting them on standard time permanently.
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