Full Text of HR0750 101st General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, Daylight Saving time began in Germany during World | 3 | | War I as an effort to conserve fuel; and
| 4 | | WHEREAS, Daylight Saving Time was instituted in the United | 5 | | States in 1918 under the title of "War time" and proved so | 6 | | unpopular that Congress abolished it when the war was over; and
| 7 | | WHEREAS, Local jurisdictions then had control over their | 8 | | clocks until the Uniform Time Act of 1966, which mandated | 9 | | standard time within time zones and instituted the practice of | 10 | | advancing clocks one hour in the spring and turning them back | 11 | | one hour in the fall; and
| 12 | | WHEREAS, In 1986, Congress amended the Uniform Time Act, | 13 | | moving the beginning of Daylight Saving Time from the last | 14 | | Sunday in April to the first Sunday in April; and
| 15 | | WHEREAS, Congress, as part of the Energy Policy Act of | 16 | | 2005, moved the beginning of Daylight Saving Time to the second | 17 | | Sunday in March and the end to the first Sunday of November; | 18 | | and
| 19 | | WHEREAS, States were allowed to exempt themselves from | 20 | | Daylight Saving Time, resulting in a patchwork of time |
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| 1 | | differences throughout the nation, especially in states with | 2 | | multiple time zones, such as Indiana; and
| 3 | | WHEREAS, Uniformity of time among the states is essential | 4 | | for interstate commerce; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Numerous studies indicate that the biannual time | 6 | | change interferes with the body's circadian rhythm, affecting | 7 | | sleep cycles, stress levels, and drowsiness during the day; and
| 8 | | WHEREAS, A 2009 study in the Sleep Medicine journal | 9 | | indicated that it may take some people up to three weeks to | 10 | | adjust to the time change; and
| 11 | | WHEREAS, According to the American Journal of Cardiology, | 12 | | there is a ten percent increase in the number of heart attacks | 13 | | on the Monday following the time change; and
| 14 | | WHEREAS, A 2004 study in the Accident Analysis and | 15 | | Prevention journal estimated that instituting Daylight Saving | 16 | | Time permanently could save up to 366 lives due to a reduction | 17 | | in automotive accidents; and
| 18 | | WHEREAS, The rationale for switching clocks twice per year | 19 | | to aid in the war effort was laudable over 100 years ago, but | 20 | | modern and scientific research now clearly favors the |
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| 1 | | institution of Daylight Saving Time year round, eliminating the | 2 | | stress and negative health effects caused by changing clocks; | 3 | | therefore, be it
| 4 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | 5 | | HUNDRED FIRST GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 6 | | we believe that the United States should move away from | 7 | | biannual time change, instead instituting Daylight Saving Time | 8 | | permanently; and be it further
| 9 | | RESOLVED, That we urge the Congress of the United States of | 10 | | American to enact permanent Daylight Saving Time to minimize | 11 | | confusion and disruption to people's lives, wellness, | 12 | | transportation, and commerce; and be it further
| 13 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 14 | | presented to the President of the United States, the Secretary | 15 | | of the United States Department of Energy, and the | 16 | | Congressional Delegation of the State of Illinois.
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