| 1 | 1 | | *HR1505* |
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| 2 | 2 | | Introduced Version |
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| 3 | 3 | | HOUSE |
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| 4 | 4 | | RESOLUTION No. ___ |
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| 5 | 5 | | Introduced by: Payne |
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| 6 | 6 | | ____________________________________ |
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| 7 | 7 | | 1 A HOUSE RESOLUTION urging Congress to make |
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| 8 | 8 | | 2 daylight saving time permanent. |
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| 9 | 9 | | 3 Whereas, Daylight saving time (DST) is the practice of |
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| 10 | 10 | | 4 advancing clocks by one hour in the spring ("spring forward") |
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| 11 | 11 | | 5 and the setting of clocks back one hour in the fall ("fall back"), |
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| 12 | 12 | | 6 returning to standard time; |
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| 13 | 13 | | 7 Whereas, Under federal law as it exists, states are not |
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| 14 | 14 | | 8 permitted to observe DST year-round; |
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| 15 | 15 | | 9 Whereas, Since the implementation of DST 106 years ago, |
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| 16 | 16 | | 10 Americans have grown more accustomed to having eight |
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| 17 | 17 | | 11 months of DST rather than having four months of standard |
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| 18 | 18 | | 12 time; |
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| 19 | 19 | | 13 Whereas, The biannual change of time between Eastern |
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| 20 | 20 | | 20241917 |
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| 21 | 21 | | HR 1505/DI 140 2024 2 |
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| 22 | 22 | | 1 Standard Time and Eastern Daylight Time is disruptive to |
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| 23 | 23 | | 2 commerce and to the daily schedules, safety, and health of the |
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| 24 | 24 | | 3 Hoosiers; |
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| 25 | 25 | | 4 Whereas, Studies published in the American Economic |
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| 26 | 26 | | 5 Journal show that some of the negative impacts of shifting |
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| 27 | 27 | | 6 between DST and standard time are increased risk of heart |
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| 28 | 28 | | 7 attacks and increased risk of fatal automobile crashes due to |
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| 29 | 29 | | 8 sleep deprivation; |
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| 30 | 30 | | 9 Whereas, Other studies have shown that permanent DST |
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| 31 | 31 | | 10 would reduce both pedestrian and driver fatalities, as well as |
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| 32 | 32 | | 11 nonfatal crashes in general; and |
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| 33 | 33 | | 12 Whereas, There are benefits in keeping DST permanent for |
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| 34 | 34 | | 13 all Americans: Therefore, |
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| 35 | 35 | | 14 Be it resolved by the House of Representatives of the |
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| 36 | 36 | | 15 General Assembly of the State of Indiana: |
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| 37 | 37 | | 16 SECTION 1. That the Indiana House of Representatives |
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| 38 | 38 | | 17 urges Congress to make daylight saving time permanent once |
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| 39 | 39 | | 18 Hoosiers spring forward in March. |
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| 40 | 40 | | 19 SECTION 2. That the Principal Clerk of the House of |
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| 41 | 41 | | 20 Representatives transmit a copy of this resolution to each |
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| 42 | 42 | | 21 member of the Indiana Congressional delegation. |
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| 43 | 43 | | 20241917 |
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| 44 | 44 | | HR 1505/DI 140 2024 |
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