grizzly
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C'mon SFW, you're a big dog in this state. Help us out!
The Utah State Legislature is again considering a bill to get rid of Daylight Savings Time. Many are confused by Daylight Savings Time and don't realize it is the extra hour we have after school/work between March and November. Many people think it is the dark hours in the winter months. These spring/summer/fall months are obviously the best times for fishing, scouting, shooting guns/bows, grilling with the family, training your dog, a quick hike down by the river, soccer practice, etc...
According to The National Recreation and Parks Association, "Children today spend less time outdoors than any other generation, devoting only four to seven minutes to unstructured outdoor play per day while spending an average of seven and a half hours in front of electronic media."
I wouldn't even care if we stayed on Daylight Savings Time year-round, but to lose that extra time in the evenings where we can spend time outdoors with our families would be a horrible loss to sportsmen in this state.
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H.B. 66 While Rep. Marsha Judkins is new to the Legislature, her inaugural bill on daylight saving time has already done several laps around the Utah Capitol.
Her proposal would put a nonbinding question on the ballot in 2020, allowing Utah?s voters to weigh in on an issue that has bedeviled lawmakers for years.
Judkins says the twice-a-year time changes throw off sleep patterns and mess with children?s schedules, and many families and groups want to see the clock stay consistent year-round.
?It's disruptive to all of our lives,? Judkins, R-Provo, said of the time changes.
Judkins said the bill language currently online is serving as a placeholder and will soon be updated with her preferred proposal.
Her plan is to let voters decide if they want to keep the status quo, go to year-round standard time or go to year-round daylight saving time. Lawmakers would consider the results but wouldn't be legally bound to act, she said, and Congress would also have to sign off on any plan to scrap time changes.
A massive survey conducted by the state in 2014 found that 67 percent of respondents favored following Arizona?s example and sticking to Mountain Standard Time all year.
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Contact your Legislator at this website and tell them to keep our after-work hours in the sunlight https://le.utah.gov/GIS/findDistrict.jsp
The Utah State Legislature is again considering a bill to get rid of Daylight Savings Time. Many are confused by Daylight Savings Time and don't realize it is the extra hour we have after school/work between March and November. Many people think it is the dark hours in the winter months. These spring/summer/fall months are obviously the best times for fishing, scouting, shooting guns/bows, grilling with the family, training your dog, a quick hike down by the river, soccer practice, etc...
According to The National Recreation and Parks Association, "Children today spend less time outdoors than any other generation, devoting only four to seven minutes to unstructured outdoor play per day while spending an average of seven and a half hours in front of electronic media."
I wouldn't even care if we stayed on Daylight Savings Time year-round, but to lose that extra time in the evenings where we can spend time outdoors with our families would be a horrible loss to sportsmen in this state.
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H.B. 66 While Rep. Marsha Judkins is new to the Legislature, her inaugural bill on daylight saving time has already done several laps around the Utah Capitol.
Her proposal would put a nonbinding question on the ballot in 2020, allowing Utah?s voters to weigh in on an issue that has bedeviled lawmakers for years.
Judkins says the twice-a-year time changes throw off sleep patterns and mess with children?s schedules, and many families and groups want to see the clock stay consistent year-round.
?It's disruptive to all of our lives,? Judkins, R-Provo, said of the time changes.
Judkins said the bill language currently online is serving as a placeholder and will soon be updated with her preferred proposal.
Her plan is to let voters decide if they want to keep the status quo, go to year-round standard time or go to year-round daylight saving time. Lawmakers would consider the results but wouldn't be legally bound to act, she said, and Congress would also have to sign off on any plan to scrap time changes.
A massive survey conducted by the state in 2014 found that 67 percent of respondents favored following Arizona?s example and sticking to Mountain Standard Time all year.
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Contact your Legislator at this website and tell them to keep our after-work hours in the sunlight https://le.utah.gov/GIS/findDistrict.jsp