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A bipartisan group of state lawmakers is fighting to “ditch the switch” in favor of year-round Pacific Standard Time. Washington’s latest daylight saving time proposal would mean earlier ...
State Sen. Claire Wilson, D-Federal Way, attested to the Washington State Standard the bill overall "doesn’t change any rights" and is a "cleanup bill" that updates health privacy provisions to ...
In 2019, the Washington State Legislature passed Substitute House Bill 1196, [59] which would establish year-round observation of daylight saving time contingent on the United States Congress amending federal law to authorize states to observe daylight saving time year-round. [60]
A 2023 YouGov poll found that half of Americans supported permanent daylight time, 31% were in favor of permanent standard time, and 19% had no preference or were not sure. [20] [21] Opponents of the Sunshine Protection Act argue permanent standard time would be more beneficial to health and human welfare.
State senator Bill Posey introduced a bill in March 2008 to abolish daylight time in the state and keep Florida on year-round standard time. [61] However, in 2018, over 90% of the legislature voted for, and the governor approved, the Sunshine Protection Act [ 62 ] to observe daylight saving time year-round if the U.S. Congress authorized states ...
(Ryan Berry/Washington State Standard) ... up to 10 minutes on a bill. That drops to three minutes in the days ahead of deadlines to vote bills out of the chamber, and again in the final days of a ...
The Washington State Legislature passed a bill in May 2019 that would move the state to permanent daylight time, subject to Congressional approval; [15] the Oregon Legislative Assembly passed a similar bill a month later, while California's attempt failed. [16]
In 2018, while governor of Florida, Sen. Rick Scott signed legislation that would exempt Florida from the time change practice and allow the state to remain on daylight saving time year-round.