
Illinois Flirts with Making Daylight Savings Time Permanent
The pitch phrase “Set it and forget it”. Is used on infomercials for kitchen baking inventions, but could also be applied to Illinois HB1400 that would make Daylight Savings time the only time in Illinois.
The idea isn’t new. For years legislators have floated this concept because constituents have asked about it. To this point proposed legislation hasn’t really gained traction.

Welcome to the latest attempt, which if passed wouldn’t take affect until 2026. Which would mean at least three more clock flips before “Set it and forget it”.
For some, their axe to grind is the inconvenience of changing the time on their clocks twice per year. For others, they don’t like the fact that after fall back “it gets dark too early”. That���s primarily just whining.
Please know that the government, not on the state level, federal level, local level or even UN level (don’t get me started) have the power to keep the sun up for longer spans during the year. Hours of daylight are hours of daylight. The only thing we can change is what the clock says.
If we decide to keep daylight savings time in the fall of 2026 and not fall back, please know that the sun will not stay up longer. We’ll be trading the sun coming up around 7a and going down around 5p to the sun coming up at 8a and going down at 6p. These are approximations to help make the point that in December in Illinois there is only nine and a quarter to nine and half hours of daylight each day.
If we implement CDT (Central Daylight Time) permanently during those late fall and winter months you will be getting up, going to work and sending your kids to school in the dark. You have to ask yourself “when is daylight more important to everyone?” When you demand legislation that will affect all people in the state, you can’t just consider your own preferences. The only states to ditch standard time are Hawaii and Arizona.
Post application I would fully expect a gaggle of hens squawking about how dark it is in the morning. You asked for this Karen. We all get that you prefer summertime. But to live that out all year round, you’re going to have to move to the equator.
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