Bill Aims to Protect Florida's Sunshine

The days of turning those clocks forward and back every six months will come to an end for Floridians if a bill recently introduced into the state House meets approval.

Dubbed the “Sunshine Protection Act,” the measure pitched by Rep. Kristin Jacobs, D-Coconut Creek, aims to keep Florida on daylight saving time all year long. Jacobs contends that since Florida is “known as the ‘Sunshine State’” it should be “kept sunny year-round.”

The bill, filed on Friday, Dec. 4, doesn’t have a companion yet in the state Senate. If it meets legislative approval and earns the governor’s signature, the measure would go into effect on July 1, 2016.

Daylight saving time begins on March 13, 2016, when clocks “spring” forward.

Check out the full language of the bill on the House website.

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