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Senator Albert introduces bill to eliminate daylight saving time, says voters should decide (SB 126)
Summary
Senator Albert introduced Senate Bill 126 to eliminate daylight saving time in Michigan and said the measure would put the question to voters; the bill had readings and was referred to the committee on government operations.
Senator Albert offered Senate Bill 126, a bill to provide for the elimination of daylight saving time in Michigan, and later urged that voters be given the choice on the issue.
"What can we do? Well, federal law gives us two options. We can either stay on daylight saving time and flip the clock back and forth twice a year or we can opt out and stay on standard time," Senator Albert said on the Senate floor.
Albert described historical attempts and public sentiment around the time change, and said his proposal would put the question back on the ballot so voters could decide whether the state should continue the twice-yearly clock changes.
The legislative record in this session shows SB 126 received its first reading and was referred to the Committee on Government Operations; the transcript records Senator Albert asking that his remarks be printed in the journal.
The transcript does not record a committee vote or final legislative action on SB 126 during this session day.
