Will Louisiana Set Clocks Back For Daylight Saving Time?

Though no one in a position of power has formally asked my opinion on the matter, I still contend that "we should just pick a time and stick with it."

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That's how I feel in regards to the argument about our bi-annual time change from Daylight Saving Time to Standard Time and vice versa.

And it would appear that my sentiments mirror the majority of Americans. A 2022 poll conducted by YouGov shows that 59% of Americans would like for Daylight Saving Time to stay permanent.

Daylight Saving Time is set to end on Sunday, November 3, and will continue until Sunday, March 9, 2025.

This means that despite the obvious desires of the American public, we will once again go through the process of resetting all the clocks in the house BACK one hour on November 3.  That's when we will actually repeat the 2:00 am hour.

However, the nagging question remains, "Why are we doing this? Didn't Congress vote to stop it?"

That answer is a little convoluted. Yes, in the Spring of 2022, the United States Senate unanimously voted to pass a Senate bill called the Sunshine Protection Act.

That legislation would have made Daylight Saving Time permanently.  In spite of the legislation passing in the Senate, the House of Representatives held a hearing on the matter, but never actually voted on it, so the legislation effectively died on the operating table.

We do know that Louisiana did get proactive with the possibility and passed a bill that would make it legal to stop the time changes on a state level if the legislation passed on a Federal level.

It's got to be one of the first times our state has actually outrun the Feds, and most were happy to see them act accordingly, even if it appears it was for naught.

There are some who speculate that if there's a change in the White House, status quo on this issue could be in for a change as early as next Spring, but we probably shouldn't hold our breath for it.