The Ohio Senate is considering a proposal to make daylight saving time permanent.
Backers say twice-yearly time changes have negative effects on drivers and workers. If passed, Ohio would become the third state to declare itself exempt from the time change. Ohio Public Radio's Karen Kasler reports.
Senator Kristina Roegner says right after the time change on March 10, she asked her Facebook friends if Ohio should stop changing clocks twice a year.
“I have never had so many comments so fast on anything.”
Roegner says she’s found a study that said the time change increased energy use, though the idea was instituted to save energy, and another showed losing the hour in the spring disrupts sleep and work. She says Ohio would still have to get federal permission, though President Trump has tweeted support for the idea.
“I think the more states that step up and say, hey, we want to protect our sunshine, I’m optimistic that these time change acrobatics will come to an end.”
Florida has passed a similar law. Roegner’s Ohio Sunshine Protection Act gets its first hearing on Wednesday.
