Full Text of HR0118 102nd General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, Daylight Saving time began in Germany during | 3 | | World 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; | 7 | | and
| 8 | | WHEREAS, Local jurisdictions then had control over their | 9 | | clocks until the Uniform Time Act of 1966, which mandated | 10 | | standard time within time zones and instituted the practice of | 11 | | advancing clocks one hour in the spring and turning them back | 12 | | one hour in the fall; and
| 13 | | WHEREAS, In 1986, Congress amended the Uniform Time Act, | 14 | | moving the beginning of Daylight Saving Time from the last | 15 | | Sunday in April to the first Sunday in April; and
| 16 | | WHEREAS, Congress, as part of the Energy Policy Act of | 17 | | 2005, moved the beginning of Daylight Saving Time to the | 18 | | second Sunday in March and the end to the first Sunday of | 19 | | November; and
| 20 | | WHEREAS, States were allowed to exempt themselves from |
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| 1 | | Daylight Saving Time, resulting in a patchwork of time | 2 | | differences throughout the nation, especially in states with | 3 | | multiple time zones, such as Indiana; and
| 4 | | WHEREAS, Uniformity of time among the states is essential | 5 | | for interstate commerce; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, Numerous studies indicate that the biannual time | 7 | | change interferes with the body's circadian rhythm, affecting | 8 | | sleep cycles, stress levels, and drowsiness during the day; | 9 | | and
| 10 | | WHEREAS, A 2009 study in the Sleep Medicine journal | 11 | | indicated that it may take some people up to three weeks to | 12 | | adjust to the time change; and
| 13 | | WHEREAS, According to the American Journal of Cardiology, | 14 | | there is a ten percent increase in the number of heart attacks | 15 | | on the Monday following the time change; and
| 16 | | WHEREAS, A 2004 study in the Accident Analysis and | 17 | | Prevention journal estimated that instituting Daylight Saving | 18 | | Time permanently could save up to 366 lives due to a reduction | 19 | | in automotive accidents; and
| 20 | | WHEREAS, The rationale for switching clocks twice per year |
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| 1 | | to aid in the war effort was laudable over 100 years ago, but | 2 | | modern and scientific research now clearly favors the | 3 | | institution of Daylight Saving Time year round, eliminating | 4 | | the stress and negative health effects caused by changing | 5 | | clocks; therefore, be it
| 6 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | 7 | | HUNDRED SECOND GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 8 | | we believe that the United States should move away from | 9 | | biannual time change, instead instituting Daylight Saving Time | 10 | | permanently; and be it further
| 11 | | RESOLVED, That we urge the Congress of the United States | 12 | | of American to enact permanent Daylight Saving Time to | 13 | | minimize confusion and disruption to people's lives, wellness, | 14 | | transportation, and commerce; and be it further
| 15 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 16 | | presented to the President of the United States, the Secretary | 17 | | of the United States Department of Energy, and the | 18 | | Congressional Delegation of the State of Illinois.
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