April 26, 2021 Group Watch: AL Senate Approved Permanent Daylight-Savings Time Bill
The Alabama Senate approved a bill from Senator Steve Livingston that would put Alabama on permanent daylight-saving time, if Congress allows states to do so. The bill passed 29-0 with no debate and now heads to the House for further consideration. Daylight-saving time is mandated by federal law, and only a change in federal law would allow states to move to year-round DST. According to the National Council of State Legislatures (NCSL), 15 states, including Florida, Georgia and Tennessee, have passed laws or resolutions authorizing their states to observe year-round daylight-saving if authorized by D.C. A bill called the Sunshine Protection Act of 2021 has been filed in Congress and has bipartisan sponsors.
