Montana Backs Movement to End Daylight Saving Time Switch
This weekend is that annual tradition of "falling back" on the clocks. Daylight Saving Time ends 11/3 a 2 a.m.
Could this be the last time we "FALL" back?
We always seem to complain every year about the clock changes. For us here in Montana, most of our gripes come from the darkness both before and after work. As we inch closer to the winter solstice.
Montana has joined 19 other states in a push to "lock the clock" and keep Daylight Saving Time permanently. That's right! This could be the last time we have to travel back in time.
In the Spring of 2023, Senator Marco Rubio submitted legislation known as the "Sunshine Protection Act." This bill makes daylight saving time the new, permanent standard time.
According to timeanddate.com
It was first presented in 2018 and most recently, by Senator Marco Rubio in March 2023.
In 2022, the legislation was unanimously passed in the Senate but failed to make it beyond the House of Representatives. And since the bill needs to be signed into law, the 19 states that use DST continue with the seasonal time change.
Montana is one of the 19 states that agrees that DST should become the standard time across the country.
Montana passed Senate Bill 254 IN 2021, which reads:
AN ACT GENERALLY REVISING LAWS RELATED TO DAYLIGHT SAVING TIME; AUTHORIZING YEARROUND MOUNTAIN DAYLIGHT SAVING TIME; EXEMPTING THE STATE AND ITS POLITICAL SUBDIVISIONS FROM MOUNTAIN STANDARD TIME; PROVIDING THAT YEAR-ROUND DAYLIGHT SAVING TIME IS CONTINGENT TO SIMILAR APPROVALS IN OTHER STATES; PROVIDING THAT YEARROUND DAYLIGHT SAVING TIME IS ALSO CONTINGENT TO APPROVAL BY THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION OR CONGRESS.
With DST ending right before the election, why not make this the BIG topic in campaigning for votes? Both the Senate and the House are campaigning for a representative to Washington. Which candidates can we trust will push to make this the year we "lock the clock" or "ditch the switch?"
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