State Legislation on Daylight Saving Time: Updates and Progress in the U.S.
Lawmakers in over half of the states in the U.S. have introduced bills this year to end the practice of changing the clocks twice a year. Many of these bills have not progressed, with some being rejected or left in committees. Georgia came close to passing a bill to lock the clocks and stay in the Atlantic time zone with year-round standard time. However, the bill did not receive the necessary follow-up vote before the legislative session ended. Georgia is among the states that have previously passed legislation to make daylight saving time permanent pending Congressional approval. Other states like Washington, Tennessee, and Mississippi also had bills related to permanent time changes that did not pass this year. California's bill to make standard time permanent also failed to advance. Various bills in states like Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Nebraska, and Wisconsin aimed to exempt or make changes to daylight saving time but did not pass. In Congress, there are bills proposing permanent daylight saving time or allowing states to decide for themselves, which are still under consideration. As of now, most of the U.S. will set their clocks back on November 1.