A bill introduced this spring in the Illinois House of Representatives dealing with permanent Daylight Savings Time, was given a subject matter hearing in the House State Government committee this week.
House Bill 39 would amend the Standard Time Act, so daylight saving time would be the year-round standard time of the entire state.
If both chambers of the General Assembly were to pass the bill and the governor sign it, Congress would still have to act for it to go into effect. Congress passed the Uniform Time Act of 1966, which prevents states from permanently observing daylight saving time, though it allows states to observe standard time permanently.
On Wednesday proponents and opponents of the bill gave testimony on the measure.
According to the National Conference of State Legislatures, dozens of states have considered hundreds of bills and resolutions in recent years to establish year-round Daylight Savings Time as soon as federal law allows it.
