New Kentucky Bill Could Mean No More Daylight Saving Time

If you were listening to the morning show on Monday, you heard me manifest this! Haha! OK, so maybe I am not the next Miss Cleo, but I did say that there have been rumblings of legislation in Frankfort regarding Daylight Saving Time.

Specifically, a bill that would mean Kentucky would be exempt from falling back and springing forward every year. As I sit here typing and dreaming of a nap that I desperately need and will not get, I think this might be an excellent idea. I know I am not alone in feeling the effects of shifting the day by a whole 60 minutes.

Why did we even start Daylight Saving Time in the first place? My mom and I were chatting about it over dinner on Sunday, and she mentioned that it was originally to help farmers without headlights on their farm equipment. The later daytime hours are especially needed during the spring, summer, and fall. That's not the only reason, but it makes sense to me.

The Uniform Time Act of 1966, which established Daylight Saving Time, makes it so that states can't change how it is observed. For instance, Kentucky can't decide to make DST forever, but we could declare ourselves exempt from doing it altogether, like Hawaii or Arizona.

Introduced at the beginning of the year, House Bill 368 seeks to set the Bluegrass State to standard time permanently. If it passes, it would go into effect on October 31st. We are scheduled to fall back to standard time on November 1st. Similar bills have been presented over the past decade, but none have ever made it out of committee.

What about you? Would you support it for the sake of consistency and not having to adjust your sleep twice a year? Or would you rather keep things the way they are so we can enjoy long summer nights? If someone proposes a bill that makes daylight saving time forever, I will be all in! Maybe one day!

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Source: Lexington Herald-Leader & WKYT