Senate passes the Forever Daylight Savings Time bill
The Senate has passed Senate Bill 73, a bill that would request that the U.S. Department of Transportation move the First State into the next time zone to the east, known as the Atlantic Standard Time Zone, if the neighboring states of Pennsylvania, Maryland, New York and New Jersey enact similar laws to move into the Atlantic Time Zone. Essentially, doing this would keep us in Daylight Savings Time all year round.
The vote was 17-4. The masochists who enjoy 4 pm sunsets in winter are Colin Bonini (of course), Ernie Lopez, Bryant Richardon and Dave Lawson.
“This might seem like a trivial effort to some, but there is a growing body of evidence that these clock changes are contributing to some serious health risks, including spikes in heart attacks, strokes and pedestrian fatalities,” said prime sponsor Senate President Pro Tempore David McBride. “My colleagues and I here in the Delaware Senate – and in legislatures around the country – believe the time has come for Delaware and the rest of the nation to have a conversation about whether this social experiment still makes sense from a public policy perspective.”
More than half of the nation’s state legislatures are weighing bills to end the clock-changing – the most since the National Conference of State Legislatures began tracking the topic in 2014. Washington state, Oregon, and Florida have already passed similar legislation this year.
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