A Virginia Senate committee has voted on a bipartisan basis (10 to 4) to move forward with a bill that would make daylight savings time year round in the commonwealth. There would be no more ‘Spring forward, fall back’.
However, even if the bill passed the State Senate and the House of Delegates, and the Governor signs It, Congress must first agree to a law that allows states to do it. At present states do not have the authority.
From WRIC.com:
“The U.S. Senate voted to end the biannual tradition and make daylight saving time permanent in March 2022, but the legislation stalled in the U.S. House. Federal law does not prevent states from moving to standard time.”
Daylight savings time begins this year on March 12th and ends on November 5th.
More on the bill here.
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Pelosi screwed it into the ground in the House. Perhaps no loot attached for Democrats? In your post, it says Congress must pass the law before the states get rid of it. Under WRIC, it says congress does not prevent the states from doing it. I believe the states can do it on their own now because some states already have did away with it. The bill that the Senate passed unanimously was to make all the states the same year around. I believe there is some question in the US Congress which to keep. Perhaps the answer is to just move the clocks ahead 1/2 hour, and leave them there year around? Yes, neither Arizona nor Hawaii have DST, so Virginia can do away with DST on their own. Unlikely Virginia would switch to DST year round. I do not see how individual states could pick which to keep. It would be a mess.
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Well let’s just pass cat declawing legislation.
I think that the General Assembly & more over Glenn Youngkin should be focusing on better things.
Example;
What legislation is our General Assembly working on to end the hundreds of millions that Virginia is losing in taxes to the illegal employment that lures illegal aliens to Virginia to suppress legal wage earners in Virginia?
Daylight Savings Time?
How about burning daylight on the time to
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F’ Trump. Oh, almost forgot, F’Biden too, and Hillary, Pelosi. And, if Putin goes nuclear, what difference does any of it make?