LANSING, Mich. (Michigan News Source) – As Michiganders spend this week adjusting to the loss of an hour of sleep after setting their clocks an hour ahead to observe Daylight Saving Time, two Michigan lawmakers are looking to end the practice.
State Senators Thomas Albert (R-Lowell) and Joseph Bellino (R-Monroe) introduced Senate Bill 770. If passed, it would put the question of whether to continue changing the clocks every six months in front of voters this November.
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The ongoing saga of clock changing has occurred since 1918. In 2022, Congress briefly visited the time change issue. The U.S. Senate unanimously approved the Sunshine Protection Act which would have made daylight saving time permanent. However, it did not pass in the U.S. House of Representatives. A similar version sputtered in Congress in 2023 as well.
However, individual states are allowed to make their own decisions regarding the time change. Arizona and Hawaii do not participate.
If the issue makes it to the November ballot, it could go either way. In 1967, Michigan voted to reject Daylight Saving time. However in 1972, voters brought it back.
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