Utah House passes bill to end daylight saving time
I've posted a couple of other times on the progress of this bill. I'm sorry for redundant--but this may be the only opportunity to get this done for a long time and the bill is progressing. The bill has passed the committee and the house and now needs to get through the senate. If you support this bill, I encourage you to contact your senator.
Here's the link to find your senator: https://le.utah.gov/GIS/findDistrict.jsp
A few bullet points:
- Studies overwhelmingly show Standard Time is better for our health. Here are just a couple of sources:
https://jcsm.aasm.org/doi/10.5664/jcsm.10898
- As a state, we don't have the option to move to permanent DST.
- Utah is on the western edge of Mountain Standard Time which is based on the 105th meridian in Denver. This means we already get to enjoy more daylight in the evenings than most people.
- Arizona and Hawaii have been on permanent standard time for more than 50 years with good success.
- The US tried permanent DST in 1974 in response to the oil crisis. It was cancelled after a year because people didn't like it.