Get ready to adjust your clocks once again this Sunday for Daylight Saving Time.
However, this could be the last time we're "springing forward" if the Senate gets its way.
There's a new bipartisan bill currently in the Senate that, if passed, would, end time change once and for all.
Senator Marco Rubio (R) of Florida reintroduced the "Sunshine Protection Act of 2021" to the Senate, along with James Lankford, R-Oklahoma, Roy Blunt, R-Missouri, Sheldon Whitehouse, D-Rhode Island, Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, Cindy Hyde-Smith, R-Mississippi, Rick Scott, R-Florida, and Ed Markey, D-Massachusetts this week.
The bill calls for not "falling back" in November and instead enjoying DST year-round.
The senators cited multiple benefits to making daylight saving's permanent would lead to fewer car accidents and robberies, require less energy usage, and affects mental health,
Additionally, a study in JAMA Neurology said that people are at higher risk for heart attack and stroke due to sleep deprivation.
The Senate would need to vote before November to pass the bill.
According to CNN, the bill was passed in Rubio's home state of Florida in 2018, but it would need to be passed at the federal level to go into effect. Fifteen other states have passed similar legislation, while several states and countries have already zipped Daylight Saving Time including Puerto Rico, Hawaii, Arizona, and Guam.
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Some doctors are even backing the idea of making DST permanent.
“Given the relationship of stress to the immune system, I think it would be wise to choose between DST [daylight saving time] and standard time, and stick to it,” said Dr. Beth A. Malow, a professor of neurology at Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville, Tenn.
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