When daylight saving time ends on Sunday, millions of Americans will get an extra hour of sleep but lose sunlight in the late afternoon. State legislatures around the nation are working to end the century-old custom of changing the clock twice a year, despite the fact that some may question why we still do it. Since 2018, legislation to eliminate the twice-yearly time shift has been passed or considered by almost all states. Furthermore, data from the National Conference of State Legislatures shows that 19 states have approved resolutions or ordinances endorsing year-round daylight saving time. There is a catch, though: Until Congress fixes a statute from the 1960s that prevents such action, nothing will change.

1. The states that support year-round
daylight saving time
Nineteen states have attempted to switch to year-round daylight saving time in the last six
years. What then stands in the way?
When daylight saving time ends on Sunday, millions of Americans will get an extra hour of
sleep but lose sunlight in the late afternoon. State legislatures around the nation are working
to end the century-old custom of changing the clock twice a year, despite the fact that some
may question why we still do it.
Since 2018, legislation to eliminate the twice-yearly time shift has been passed or
considered by almost all states. Furthermore, data from the National Conference of State
Legislatures shows that 19 states have approved resolutions or ordinances endorsing
year-round daylight saving time.
There is a catch, though: Until Congress fixes a statute from the 1960s that prevents such
action, nothing will change.
Where states stand on daylight saving time

2. With federal approval, 19 states have enacted resolutions or ordinances in favor of
permanently observing daylight saving time. Hawaii and Arizona already observe standard
time all year round.
President Woodrow Wilson signed the Standard Time Act into law in 1918 with the idea that
more daylight hours would reduce energy expenses during World War I. As a result, the
United States has been following daylight saving time ever since. Then, nearly 50 years
later, states that observe daylight saving time were required to utilize the same start and
finish dates by the Uniform Time Act of 1966. According to the law, unless Congress first
votes to amend the federal law, states are not allowed to observe daylight saving time
year-round.
States may, however, abstain from changing the clock by continuing to observe standard
time throughout the year. As a result, a number of states, including Hawaii, the majority of
Arizona, and the U.S. territories of American Samoa, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands,
Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands, do not follow daylight saving time.
There has been a renewed movement to stop the clocks from changing throughout the last
five years. The Sunshine Protection Act, which was passed by Florida in 2018, mandates
that the state maintain permanent daylight saving time if approved by federal legislation. On
a national level, Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., introduced the Sunshine Protection Act, which
would establish daylight saving time as a permanent fixture nationwide, with some
exclusions for areas that do not already observe it. daytime advance of winter. The bill
stagnated in the House's most recent session after passing the Senate with a unanimous
vote in 2022. In March, Rubio reintroduced the bill.

3. Ohio and other states that support permanent daylight saving time claim that the more
daylight promotes outside play and lowers crime, energy use, and auto accidents.
Professionals in the medical field who are members of the American Academy of Sleep
Medicine push for laws that enhance sleep hygiene. The academy said in a statement on
Tuesday that regular time, which corresponds with people's natural circadian rhythm, best
supports health and safety and that the United States should do away with daylight saving
time entirely.

4. What worries people the most is actually going through the time switch. Studies reveal that
heart attack risk, auto crash fatalities, and job injuries have all increased since the "spring
forward" time change. According to a 2023 study, respondents experienced increased rates
of sleeplessness and greater levels of sleep dissatisfaction one week after the time shift.