The debate over daylight saving time continues in the Texas Legislature.
because he is hearing about this more often from constituents.
His bill would also put the whole state on the same clock. Right now, El Paso and some other areas are on Mountain time. Austin Democratic Rep. Vikki Goodwin is one of the House members sponsoring a resolution on the time change.Her resolutions would let voters make a time-change decision. The resolution allows voters to choose whether they want standard or daylight saving time year-round.
“I think it should be up to voters to decide. People have very strong opinions about whether they want to have standard time year-round versus daylight saving time year-round," Goodwin said."So, I think it should be up to voters to make that decision."There is a national push, too. U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio has reintroduced legislation to make daylight saving time permanent. It got through the Senate last year but didn’t make it through the House before the session ended.
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