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This seemingly almost happened a year or two ago in Georgia (the US state, not the country) when the legislature overwhelmingly supported ending the twice a yea
by Mountain_Skies 4y ago
This seemingly almost happened a year or two ago in Georgia (the US state, not the country) when the legislature overwhelmingly supported ending the twice a year time change. But much like the public, the legislature couldn't agree on if they should go to year around standard time or year around daylight saving time, with one house passing standard time overwhelmingly and the other house passing DST overwhelmingly. There's no good reason for the two houses to each have such strong affinities to one system or the other, which makes me think the two houses may have had an agreement to look like they tried to address the issue that the public wants settled once and for all without actually passing something that would make half the state upset no matter which way they went. Or the party whips in both houses are simply very effective in gaining consensus in their own chamber.
IIRC, one of the bills was to go into effect the year it was passed, which would have been extremely short notice for the IT world to deal with.
- wil421 4y agoNot exactly what happened in the end. The house and senate in Georgia agreed on DST. However we can’t change to permanent DST yet. By Federal Law an act of Congress has to happen to change the law. https://www.fox5atlanta.com/weather/permanent-daylight-savings-georgia.amp https://www.fox5atlanta.com/weather/permanent-daylight-savin...
- xeromal 4y agoIt's the same for California as well
- pokerhobo 4y agoWA, OR, and CA have all passed state laws to stay on DST. Waiting on federal govt to allow it.
- kelnos 4y agoOh, CA actually did pass it? I thought it was still pending, and WA and OR were waiting on us. Did a quick search, and I don't see anything more recent than this past April, when it was not yet fully passed. There's also the federal-level Sunshine Protection Act[0], which the Senate has passed, but annoyingly the House put it on hold back in March right after receiving it, and hasn't acted on it. Lame. [0] https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/senate-bill/623/text https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/senate-bill/623...
- midoridensha 4y agoWhy is an Act of Congress necessary for a State to select its timezone and DST? Arizona has been ignoring DST for many, many years now. It didn't need Congress's permission to do that, AFAIK. And in Indiana, it's county-by-county, so you can change timezones many times, back and forth, just driving across the state.