GILLETTE, Wyo. (The Gillette (Wyo.) News Record) — Wyoming’s governor has signed a bill making daylight saving time permanent in the state. The Gillette News Record reports Republican Gov. Mark Gordon signed the bill Monday.
Previous measures failed in the Wyoming Legislature, but Republican state Rep. Eric Barlow says residents are fed up with changing the clocks during the year.
States currently require federal approval to make changes regarding daylight saving time.
The Daylight Act was introduced in the U.S. House in 2019 but stalled in the House Subcommittee on Consumer Protection and Commerce. The measure would allow states to institute the time change.
No fewer than four western states need to enact a daylight saving law before they can petition the U.S. Secretary of Transportation to make the change.
The states among those needed for approval are Wyoming, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota, and Utah.
Idaho passed the change into law and the Utah Legislature recently voted in favor. Daylight saving bills failed in Colorado and South Dakota.
