MADISON, WI (WRN) – Republican lawmakers are looking to pull the plug on daylight saving time.
State Representatives Samantha Kerkman and Michael Schraa introduced a bill to eliminate it in Wisconsin.
“Well, right now it’s something we have to do at the state level. It’s federal law, we are on standard time right now and in March we will switch to daylight Saving Time”
Kerkma says Wisconsin adopted Daylight Savings following a 1957 statewide advisory referendum.
“This is something that was needed I suppose at the time, and it was done through referendum vote. And, now today people don’t need to go into this”
Ending Daylight Savings would mean no longer setting clocks ahead an hour in the spring.
That would mean the sun would appear to rise earlier in the morning and set earlier on summer evenings.
Arizona and Hawaii currently don’t observe daylight saving time.
