Good news! Thanks to the Senate, today the votes are finally in to make daylight savings time permanent! Goodbye inconveniences of changing the clocks back twice.
According to NBC News, the good news is the Senate approved legislation to make daylight savings time permanent beginning next year. The bad news is we have to wait another year for the change to go into effect.
The new bill is known as the Sunshine Protection Act. It passed by unanimous consent; meaning no senators were opposed to it.
Senator Patty Murphy, D-Wash. stated on the Senate floor, “So I urge my colleagues in the House to act swiftly as the Senate—let’s get this bill on President Biden’s desk and deliver more sunshine to Americans across the country.”
Daylight savings time began in the U.S. in 1918 to create more daylight hours during warmer months. It was extended by four weeks starting in 2007. Hawaii and most of Arizona do not observe it.
Under the legislation, states with areas exempt from daylight savings time would be permitted to stay on standard time for those specific areas.