As you set your clocks back an hour this weekend, you may wonder why you’re doing it all. It was supposed to be different this time.
In the 2018 state legislative session, the Florida Legislature passed a law moving Florida permanently to daylight saving time.
Although the lawpassed the state Legislature and was signed by Gov. Rick Scott, it requires congressional approval to go forward.
Congress has not approved, despite a bill filed by U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla. That bill has languished in the Senate Commerce Committee, along with a separate bill Rubio filed to switch the entire country permanently to daylight saving time. Those bills die when the session ends in mid-December.
Read more at the Sun Sentinel.
