daylight saving time
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Colorado joins list of states waiting to make daylight saving time year-round
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Colorado has joined 18 other states in agreeing to make daylight saving time year-round if the federal government expressly allows states to do so. Gov. Jared Polis signed the measure, House Bill 1297, into law on Thursday. In addition to requiring a federal law change, the bill mandates that four other states in the Mountain…
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Panel kills permanent standard time bill in favor of permanent daylight saving time
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The legislative battle between standard time and daylight saving time ended Tuesday when a Senate panel killed a bill to implement permanent standard time in favor of a measure pursuing daylight saving time. Sen. Jeff Bridges, who sponsored both of the competing bills, requested that Senate Bill 135 – which sought to make Mountain Standard Time…
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Colorado legislature sends permanent daylight saving time bill to Gov. Jared Polis
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Permanent daylight saving time could become a reality in Colorado after the state legislature approved the change Tuesday, sending the bill to Gov. Jared Polis for final consideration. If signed into law, House Bill 1297 would make daylight saving time year-round if federal law is changed to allow states to do so and if four…
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Colorado House OKs permanent daylight saving time, sending bill to Senate
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The legislative effort to make daylight saving time permanent in Colorado took a big step forward Friday, receiving approval from the state House of Representatives. If enacted, House Bill 1297 would make daylight saving time year-round if federal law is changed to allow states to do so and if four other states in the Mountain…
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Colorado panel advances permanent daylight saving time — as long as nearby states do it, too
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After decades of failed attempts, a bill to make daylight saving time permanent in Colorado unanimously passed a House committee vote on Monday and is heading to the full chamber for consideration. If enacted, House Bill 1297 would make daylight saving time year-round if federal law is changed to allow states to do so –…
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Second bill to end daylight saving time introduced in Colorado legislature
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Two bills are on the legislative agenda this year that hope to end daylight saving time in Colorado. Introduced Friday, House Bill 1297 seeks to make daylight saving time year-round if federal law is changed to allow states to do so. Senate Bill 135, which is also up for consideration, aims to create a statewide ballot measure to…
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‘Stop changing the dang clocks’: Bill to end daylight saving time in Colorado delayed
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After decades of failed legislative attempts, a bill that aims to end daylight saving time in Colorado was delayed by a state Senate committee Tuesday. Senate Bill 135 proposes putting a statewide measure on the November ballot to exempt Colorado from recognizing daylight saving time, leaving the state in Mountain Standard Time year-round. The bill is…
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Is it time for ending clock changes? Former Colorado lawmaker springs forward with a plan (VIDEO)
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Former state Sen. Greg Brophy wants Colorado voters to decide whether they spring forward or fall back each year. He said he hopes to gather the required 124,632 signatures to get the question on the ballot in 2020. That’s about 26,000 more signatures than the previous four years, because the requirement is based on 5 percent…
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Colorado lawmakers to seek resolution asking Congress to end Daylight Saving Time ritual
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There isn’t enough coffee in the world to deal with that second Monday in March, after almost every person in the country does the spring switch to Daylight Saving Time (DST). This year marks 100 years since the nation began that annual, hated-by-some change to spring forward, and lose an hour of sleep. One study…
