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Texas is taking its debate over eliminating Daylight Saving Time to the next level.
A Texas state house committee began a hearing Wednesday to consider doing away with the twice a year time change and adopting Central Standard Time all year, KTRK reported.
Rep. Dan Flynn (R-Canton, Texas) proposed in HB150 in the Texas State House, to join two other states, Hawaii and Arizona, and toss the idea of "springing forward" and "falling back," KABB reported.
The bill is moving fast. KABB if passed by the legislature, the bill would take effect on Sept. 1. It could be put into effect even faster, immediately in fact, if two-thirds of all members of the state house vote to adopt the bill.
Texas is not alone in the battle. Nevada, New Mexico and Utah, along with Washington state, took up bills to do away with the time changes, the Christian Science Monitor recently reported.
But not all states are agreeing on whether to adopt standard or savings time.
Nevada and New Mexico are on the side of daylight-saving time, while Texas and Utah want to be on Central Standard Time, the Christian Science Monitor reported.
Washington state also considered the move to staying on standard time all year, the Associated Press reported earlier this year. But the bill, according to the Senator who introduced it, died in the Senate.
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