Daylight Saving Time All Year Long? Louisiana Has A Plan For That

Daylight Saving Time goes into effect at 2 a.m. Sunday (March 14) so get ready to spring forward and set your clocks an hour ahead before going to sleep Saturday night. The twice-a-year occurrence where most of the country adjusts the time has left many people wondering why we continue the tradition. Louisiana lawmakers, however, have a plan to keep Daylight Saving all year long.

In June 2020, Gov. John Bel Edwards signed a bill that would adopt "daylight saving time as the year-round standard time," KETK reports. However, there's one condition. It will only be implemented in the case of a change in federal law to allow states to decide for themselves whether to keep Daylight Saving all year or not.

In March 2020, state representative Dodie Horton spoke to WAFB about how the bill could impact Louisianans.

"I had some seniors ask me just a couple of weeks ago when I was visiting a nursing home if we could keep the Daylight Saving Time all year because their loved ones come to visit and they want to get home before the dark, and it really cuts it short," said Horton, sponsor of the bill. "And I just think people are in a happier mood, maybe less crime, I'm not sure."

Currently, all states, with the exception of Hawaii and Arizona, observe Daylight Saving Time. According to the National Conference of State Legislators, states can choose not to observe DST, but federal law does not allow the permanent observance of it.

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