Georgia wants to abolish daylight saving time

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The biannual clock change occurs on Sunday, but some federal lawmakers are hoping it’s the last time we’ll “jump forward” as they push to make daylight saving time permanent.

Why it matters: Georgia passed legislation to stop falling back and jumping forward — but nothing will happen until Congress acts.

Driving the news: Senator Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) has reinstated the Sun Protection Act, which surprisingly passed unanimously in the Senate last year but failed to pass the House of Representatives.

  • The bill — and accompanying legislation in the House of Representatives — would eliminate the DST and “if passed, the US would not ‘fall behind’ in November and enjoy a full year of daylight savings time instead of just eight months,” according to a leaflet on the bill.

Game Status: Health groups have called for an end to the seasonal clock shift, a ritual first introduced in the United States more than a century ago.

Georgia is one of them 19 states that have passed legislation or resolutions since 2018 to implement daylight saving time year-round if Congress acts, according to the National Conference of State Legislatures.

Yes but: Federal law states that states can unilaterally convert to standard time, but must have congressional approval to implement year-round daylight saving time.

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