Latest Updates on Daylight Savings Time From the Sleep Foundation - SCW NewsWatch

The Sleep Foundation, in early October 2023, provided an overview of developments and debates relating to clock-changes and Daylight Savings Time.

"Key Takeaways

  • Clocks ... 'fall back' one hour ... 2 a.m. ... Sunday, November 5, 2023.
  • Federal law ... prohibits states from enacting permanent daylight saving time (DST).
  • Proposed legislation to change federal law, such as Senator Marco Rubio’s Sunshine Protection Act, has stalled in 2023 ... [after] gaining momentum [previously].
  • Dozens of states ... [are] consider[ing] proposals to adopt ... permanent daylight saving time or permanent standard time .... [but] [none] have adopted a legislative change in 2023.
  • Without new [developments] ... clock changes ... continue ...."

Click here for: "Latest updates: Daylight saving time in 2023" - Sleep Foundation 10.2.23

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