Nov 3, 2019 - Daylight Saving Time Ends. When local daylight time is about to reach Sunday, November 3, 2019, 2:00:00 am clocks are turned backward 1 hour to Sunday, November 3, 2019, 1:00:00 am local standard time instead. Sunrise and sunset will be about 1 hour earlier on Nov 3, 2019 than the day before. There will be more light in the morning.
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On Sunday March 10 at 2 a.m., most Americans will set our clocks forward one hour. That means losing an hour of sleep but seeming to gain some precious sunshine.
Benjamin Franklin first introduced the idea of daylight saving time in a 1784 essay titled 'An Economical Project.' But the modern concept is credited to George Hudson, an entomologist from New Zealand, who in 1895 'proposed a two-hour time shift so he'd have more after-work hours of sunshine to go bug hunting in the summer,' the National Geographic reports.
The concept resurfaced during WWI as a way to save energy. The idea was that people would spend more time outside and less time inside with the lights on at night and, therefore, conserve electricity.
'But it was only done during the summer,' Vox reports. 'Otherwise, farmers would have to wake up and begin farming in the dark to be on the same schedule as everyone else.'
The law 'to save daylight' was passed by Congress in 1918. After the war, however, state governments were left to decide whether they wanted to continue with the time change.
The law resurfaced during WWII but again, after the war, the time change decision was left to each state. Some states kept it and others abandoned it. Daylight saving time didn't officially become a law until 1966, under the Uniform Time Act. Now, according to the Department of Transportation, daylight saving time reduces crime, conserves energy and even saves lives.
Still, not everyone is a fan. After all, 'springing forward' and losing an hour of sleep can hurt workers' productivity. Studies have shown that even one night of not getting proper sleep can have ripple effects: It can make you feel hungrier than usual, it puts you at greater risks for accidents while driving and at work, it can decrease your focus and it can makes you susceptible to catching a cold.
States can opt out of daylight saving time. Hawaii and most of Arizona already have. Another handful of states have considered or experimented with it. American Samoa, Guam, Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands also don't observe daylight saving time.
Florida Sen. Marco Rubio, meanwhile, is introducing a bill to shift the entire country onto daylight saving time for good. 'Studies have shown many benefits of a year-round Daylight Saving Time, which is why Florida's legislature overwhelmingly voted to make it permanent last year,' Rubio said.
The idea of the Sunshine Protection Act has its adherents: Given that our current system of having to change clocks is 'irritating' and potentially 'perilous,' as one writer at Slate puts it, Florida's version of the law is 'the only good piece of legislation to emerge from Tallahassee so far this century.'
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Washington Permanent Daylight Saving Time Measure | |
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Election date November 5, 2019 | |
Topic Time standards | |
Status Not on the ballot | |
Type State statute | Origin State legislature |
The Washington Permanent Daylight Saving Time Measure was not placed on the ballot in Washington as a legislatively referred state statute on November 5, 2019.
The ballot measure would have permitted the adoption of year-round daylight saving time (DST) in Washington if federal law is changed to allow states to adopt year-round daylight saving time.[1] As of 2019, the federal Uniform Time Act allowed states to adopt one of two options: (a) adopt DST between the second Sunday of March or the first Sunday of November or (b) remain on standard time all year. The law did not allow for year-round DST.
- 1Text of measure
- 2Background
Text of measure
Full text
The full text of the measure is available here.
Background
California Proposition 7 (2018)
In 2018, voters in California approved Proposition 7, which was the first ballot measure to address year-round daylight saving time. Proposition 7 allowed the California State Legislature to change the dates and times of the daylight saving time period, as consistent with federal law, by a two-thirds vote.
History of time standards on the ballot
The following table provides information on ballot measures related to time standards and time zones that have been featured on statewide ballots. Information was compiled from Ballotpedia's catalog of ballot measures related to time standards.
History of time standards on the ballot | |||||
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State | Year | Measure | Description | Result | |
Massachusetts | 1924 | Question 6 | Communicate voters’ stance on daylight saving time | ||
Maine | 1924 | Question 1 | Uphold law establishing the state's time as Eastern Standard Time | ||
California | 1930 | Proposition 7 | Adopt daylight saving time statewide in California | ||
California | 1940 | Proposition 5 | Adopt daylight saving time statewide in California | ||
Wisconsin | 1947 | Question 1 | Communicate voters’ stance on daylight saving time | ||
California | 1949 | Proposition 12 | Adopt daylight saving time statewide in California | ||
Oregon | 1950 | Measure 6 | Allow the governor to adjust standard time to alleviate economic disadvantages | ||
Oregon | 1952 | Measure 13 | Repeal Measure 6 (1950) and provide for the time zone as set by Congress | ||
Washington | 1952 | Initiative 181 | Provide for the time zone as set by Congress | ||
Oregon | 1954 | Measure 6 | Adopt daylight saving time statewide in Oregon | ||
Washington | 1954 | Initiative 193 | Adopt daylight saving time statewide in Washington | ||
Wisconsin | 1957 | Question 1 | Adopt daylight saving time statewide in Wisconsin | ||
Colorado | 1960 | Measure 4 | Adopt daylight saving time statewide in Colorado | ||
Oregon | 1960 | Measure 2 | Adopt daylight saving time statewide in Oregon | ||
Washington | 1960 | Initiative 210 | Adopt daylight saving time statewide in Washington | ||
California | 1962 | Proposition 6 | Extend period of daylight saving time by one month | ||
Oregon | 1962 | Measure 6 | Adopt daylight saving time statewide in Oregon | ||
Colorado | 1966 | Measure 6 | Adopt daylight saving time statewide in Colorado | ||
Michigan | 1968 | Proposal 2 | Adopt daylight saving time statewide in Michigan | ||
South Dakota | 1968 | Referendum 1 | Exempt the state from daylight saving time | ||
Michigan | 1972 | Proposal A | Adopt daylight saving time statewide in Michigan | ||
California | 2018 | Proposal 7 | Authorize legislature to adopt year-round daylight saving time |
Path to the ballot
- See also: Legislatively referred state statute
In Washington, a referred state statute requires a simple majority vote in each chamber of the Washington State Legislature and the governor's signature.
The ballot measure was introduced into the state legislature as Senate Bill 5139 (SB 5139) on January 11, 2019.[1]
On March 12, 2019, the Washington State Senate approved SB 5139, with 46 senators supporting and three senators opposing the legislation.[1] The bill did not pass in the House before the legislature adjourned on April 28, 2019.
Vote in the Washington State Senate | |||
Requirement: Simple majority vote of all members in each chamber | |||
Number of yes votes required:25 | |||
Yes | No | Not voting | |
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Total | 46 | 3 | 0 |
Total percent | 93.88% | 6.12% | 0.00% |
Democrat | 26 | 3 | 0 |
Republican | 20 | 0 | 0 |
See also
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External links
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.01.11.2Washington Senate Bill 5139,' accessed March 14, 2019
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