North Dakota bill ending Daylight Saving Time moves past house

BISMARCK, N.D. — A bill that would end Daylight Saving Time in North Dakota has passed in the House.

If it becomes law, you would not have to set clocks forward an hour every spring and back again in the fall.

Representatives in favor of the bill argued that the time change often results in sleep debt and can cause mental fatigue.

“Recent polls have been taken across the country indicate that approximately 63% of Americans support ending Daylight Saving Time, and that number is growing every year,” said Fargo Representative Desiree Morton.

They also said that people who work outdoors would have an extra hour of daylight in the mornings, allowing them to work earlier and avoid the summer heat.

Those who opposed the bill testified that they enjoy the extra hour in the evening Daylight Saving Time offers.

The bill will now move on to the Senate for consideration.

If passed, North Dakota would join Arizona and Hawaii as the only states that don’t observe Daylight Saving Time.