What states are getting rid of daylight saving time? These states already don’t have it

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What states are getting rid of daylight saving time? These states already don’t have it

It’s that time of year again — get ready for the 4 p.m. sunsets.

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ends this weekend.

On

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, states that have been on daylight saving time for the last eight months will “fall back,” and gain an hour of sleep. There will be an earlier sunrise and the sunset will also be an hour earlier.

While most Americans will be setting their clocks back, some states don’t have daylight saving time.

In some states, legislations are trying to end daylight saving time, while others are trying to make it permanent.

Here’s what to know.

Daylight saving time is on Sunday, Nov. 3.

Which states don\’t have daylight saving time?

Only two states don’t have daylight saving time. Hawaii and Arizona (except the Navajo Nation) never change their clocks.

The U.S. territories of ********* Samoa, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico and the U.S. ******* Islands also don’t observe daylight saving time.

According to the

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, daylight saving time was enacted by the Uniform Time Act of 1966. Under the law, states can exempt themselves from daylight saving time.

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Which states are trying to end daylight saving time?

The law that mandates daylight saving time allows states to exempt themselves from the measure, and some states are trying to do just that.

Some states are trying end time changes and instead adopt

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, but doing so requires Congress approval.

According to the

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, over 700 of pieces of legislation about daylight saving time have been considered by states in recent years, including 30 in 2024.

Most recently, Oklahoma passed a measure authorizing permanent daylight saving time in April, which is pending Congressional approval.

According to the NCSL, these states have passed laws or resolutions to move toward permanent daylight saving time, if allowed by Congress:

A total of 20 states have passed laws or resolutions to move toward daylight saving time year-round, if Congress were ever to allow it, according to the NCSL. They are:

Alabama

Colorado

Delaware

Florida

Georgia

Idaho

Kentucky

Louisiana

Maine

Minnesota

Mississippi

Ohio

Oklahoma

Oregon

South Carolina

Tennessee

Utah

Washington

Wyoming

This article originally appeared on The Providence Journal:

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