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Proposed legislation in both the Illinois House and Senate would make daylight saving time the year-round standard in Illinois.

Both proposals would eliminate the twice-a-year time changes between daylight saving time and standard time. Sponsors of both bills said they hope to see the measures taken up during next week’s veto session in Springfield.

In the House, state Rep. Allen Skillicorn, R-East Dundee, filed House Bill 3837 earlier this year. His proposal would eliminate the time change in Illinois. He said the need for daylight saving time changes have become outdated and obsolete. […]

A similar bill introduced in the Illinois Senate also calls for the elimination of the time changes. State Sen. Andy Manar, D-Bunker Hill, is a sponsor of Senate Bill 533. On social media this week, Manar said he has received a lot of support for the bill.

Manar introduced his proposal on May 3rd. He has four co-sponsors, three of whom are Republicans. It unanimously cleared a Senate committee on May 23rd. Skillicorn introduced his bill four days later, on May 7th. He has no co-sponsors and it hasn’t moved.

* Dusty Rhodes…

If a school resource officer wants to question a student about a criminal act, they first have to notify the student’s parents. That’s according to a new law implemented at the beginning of this school year.

But State Representative Stephanie Kifowit (D-Oswego), says at least one district has already created a workaround.

“The resource officer’s dog, a K-9 unit, was walking through the parking lot and alerted on a student’s car. The student got questioned with the resource officer present. They looked at the car, there was nothing there,” Kifowit says. “And the parent was never notified of this questioning until the student came home upset.”

The district claimed it followed the law because the assistant principal was the one asking the questions, as the police officer stood nearby. Kifowit , who sponsored the original bill, calls that a “loophole.”

“Because it’s still an intimidating figure,” she says. “Whether the resource officer is doing the questioning or not, the fact that you have two adults in a room — one a resource officer, one an administrator — and a child, without the parent knowing, I think is fundamentally wrong.”

* Alex Ortiz…

Despite pressure from activists around the state, Gov. JB Pritzker said Wednesday the General Assembly will wait until next year to pass a comprehensive clean energy bill.

The Herald-News asked Pritzker about the Clean Energy Jobs Act while he was in Plainfield to talk about new infrastructure projects. With only a few days left during the fall session in Springfield, Pritzker said the legislature would take up the bill during the next session in January.

The bill aims to put Illinois on the path to 100% renewable energy by 2050 through investing in clean energy industries and heavily reducing gasoline and diesel-powered vehicles on the road.

“We’re going to have to do a lot of work, there’s no doubt about it,” he said. “But I felt like because there’s so much work, there’s so many hearings required for us to get where we need to be … it’s going to take us a little while in the new session.”

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posted by Rich Miller
Friday, Nov 8, 19 @ 2:58 pm

Comments

Can’t deny the great timing on the DST bill. Parents are feeling the heat from the mini constituents about messed up sleep schedules.

Comment by MarginofEra Friday, Nov 8, 19 @ 3:01 pm
Ending DST should be a nice softball to hit out of the park after the craziness. Let’s get it done.

Comment by Mason born Friday, Nov 8, 19 @ 3:09 pm
SB 533. Get it done.

Comment by Ok Friday, Nov 8, 19 @ 3:13 pm
Please get rid of daylight savings time!

It’s so terrible. This is an easy win.

Comment by Bad Politician Friday, Nov 8, 19 @ 3:14 pm
==Proposed legislation in both the Illinois House and Senate would make daylight saving time the year-round standard in Illinois.==

This bill would move us into a different time zone. It’s called “Eastern Standard Time.”

Comment by Pot calling kettle Friday, Nov 8, 19 @ 3:37 pm
There are reasons why the daylight saving idea rarely happens. The biggest is giving kids some light on the way to school.

Comment by Anonanonsir Friday, Nov 8, 19 @ 3:40 pm
Nitpicking - It wouldn’t be central daylight savings time… it would be eastern standard time.

I prefer we go to central standard time, eliminating daylight savings time. I like my prime time TV starting at 7, not 8.

Either way, I’d love to quit dealing with time change week. The spring one is so hard on me because I hate to get up any earlier than 6am and my body knows that 6am DST is actually 5am. This fall, my body doesn’t even like the switch back.

Comment by thoughts matter Friday, Nov 8, 19 @ 3:41 pm
I remember in high school watching the sun come up in class when Daylight Savings time went all year during the energy crisis. Does anyone really want kids going to school in the dark? And for keeping standard time, you do realize it will be dark by 6 Labor Day weekend and there won’t be much time for yard work after work all summer with the latest sundown at 7:30?

Comment by Former GOPer Friday, Nov 8, 19 @ 4:07 pm
I agree with Thoughts Matter. We should stay with Central Standard Time.

Comment by Steve Polite Friday, Nov 8, 19 @ 4:11 pm
I’m all for just staying on CDT year round. We already have it for most of the year anyway.

Comment by Occasional Quipper Friday, Nov 8, 19 @ 4:42 pm
Central standard time

Comment by cc Friday, Nov 8, 19 @ 4:42 pm
Switching to EST is patently absurd. Just look at a time zone map.

Yes, let’s take the morning rush hours with winter weather and make them dark. Surely drivers on their way to work will be extra careful to watch for kids walking to school. /s

Comment by Foolish Sophist Friday, Nov 8, 19 @ 5:07 pm