👏 BREAKING: Reps Mary Gay Scanlon (D-PA) and Pat Harrigan (R-NC) introduce “Sunshine for Our Kids Act” to restore permanent Standard Time nationwide, as is best for health, safety, education, and economy! States would also be able to self-exempt. 👉 Tell your reps to sponsor!
Breaking: Daylight Savings
We are NOT saving any daylight and there are NO savings.
We need to stop this daylight savings time nonsense.
I think the cows in Indiana will forgive us.
Why do I always advise bills for permanent Standard Time include a delayed effective date, contingent on a pact with at least one other state?
Because most states have metropolises on their borders, which can’t become divided by new time zones boundaries. Because legislators in all states fear going it alone. Because most pST bills I’ve seen fail failed for lack of an interstate pact.
Here is just one example from a few months ago in Maine. In this video, Senator Martin explains his vote against pST-asap (pST w/o a pact) and his vote for permanent Daylight Saving Time (which can’t take effect asap due to its federal ban, which ironically makes it easier to enact at the state level, and which therefore sadly inflates perception that pDST is more popular since more pDST bills have been passed). I could share a dozen more examples from across the country.
Please tell your state legislators to file the draft bill for your state on @SaveStandard’s website, and please tell them about our bills’ pact clauses. Draft bills are here—> https://t.co/y0gLL1qGy9
Once the first pST-pact bill passes, our case in the next state becomes immensely stronger (and maybe the next state then won’t even need the pact). Thanks!
“Permanent Standard Time gives your body a healthier rhythm. Energy, metabolism, and immune system stay more synchronized, lowering risks of chronic conditions.”
@laurenboebert NO. Permanent DST darkens winter mornings past 8am for several months, even as late as 9am. It’s dangerous for essential workers, schoolchildren, and overall health. Permanent Standard Tine is the best way to end clock change!