ST PAUL, Minn. — It's about that time of year to turn the clocks forward.
It's also time Jonathan Simmons and his colleagues at Blackstone Manor Clock Repair in Hopkins to take those clock change calls.
"We hear a lot of those do you have the time, will you have time to do this," said Simmons. "Whenever the clocks go back or go forward."
Just one of several reasons Jonathon doesn't want to keep springing forward and back.
"Be very nice if it didn't change," he said.
The push to do that has returned to the capitol.
"Clock changes are bad for health, bad for safety and just mess up people's schedules," said State Rep. Mike Freiberg.
He is the chief author of a bill that has bipartisan support that would make daylight saving time permanent in Minnesota, but there's quite a process to make that happen.
If Minnesota passed this legislation, Congress would still need to approve it.
That hasn't worked out for other states. Florida for example passed a similar bill in 2018. Congress hasn't signed off so Floridians are still springing forward this weekend.
Mike hopes as more states possibly jump on board, Congress will too.
"There are something like 8 states that have already passed similar laws in the last two years. By the end of the year there will be more states that have gone this route as well," said Freiberg.
For now we will spring forward again.
"It would be nice if it didn't," said Simmons.
The daylight saving time bill here in Minnesota has already passed committee and it is waiting for action in both the full house and senate.
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