On Tuesday March 15th, 2022 Senate passed a bill that could potentially make Daylight Savings Time permanent across the United States. The bill passed was called the Sunshine Protection Act and it was passed in the senate with unanimous consent. Daylight saving time was implemented in the United States in 1918. So if this bill passes it will be almost a hundred years since it was implemented.
The bill hasn’t been passed yet, it still needs to be approved by the House of Representatives and signed by President Joe Biden. If it gets approved and signed into law that means that there wouldn’t be “time lost” when we transition into fall. The senate’s main reason that they wanted to sign a bill to is because it was somewhat redundant.
The spring switch that the daylight saving times makes, causes most Americans to lose sleep and make them alter their clocks once more when that switch occurs. The fall switch however has a different effect. A study has proved that there was an 11% increase in depressive episodes because of the loss of sunlight. However on the other side of the spectrum, scientists argue that changing the daylight saving time could affect public health in a negative manner. If they change the daylight savings time, the fall switch would mean darker mornings, and lighter evenings which could tremendously effect peoples sleep cycle.
If the bill does pass the house and is signed by President Joe Biden, it should be taken effect in November of 2023.
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