A bill introduced in the Michigan Senate last week would put the question of whether or not to continue changing our clocks twice every year before voters in November.
Michigan State Senator Thomas Albert (R-Lowell) introduced Senate Bill 770, which if approved, would ask voters to decide on keeping Daylight Saving Time on the 2024 November ballot.
Michigan voters rejected Daylight Saving Time in 1968 and then permitted its establishment in 1972. Daylight Saving Time started on Sunday, with clocks moving one hour ahead.
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“It has been more than 100 years since our nation first experimented with daylight saving time, and we find ourselves still asking the same question: Why do we do this?” Albert said. “I, for one, cannot find a valid reason. It seems to me that changing our clocks twice a year is a poor and unnecessary policy. But I know opinions differ, and daylight saving time affects every Michigander in some way. That is why I propose putting this to a vote of the people.”
If discontinued, Michigan would remain on standard time, year-round.
The senate bill was introduced on March 7, and has been referred to the Senate Committee on Government Operations.
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