Another year, another debate about daylight saving time.
The U.S. House of Representatives passed a bill Tuesday to make daylight saving time permanent, meaning states would not change their clocks twice a year on the ‘spring forward’ or ‘fall back’ dates.
It now awaits approval from the Senate and a signature from President Donald Trump before it becomes law.
States may stay on standard time — the ‘fall back’ time observed from November through March — if an exemption is in place before the federal law takes effect. Arizona and Hawaii already use standard time year-round.
If the measure is signed into law, Utah has its own law that will automatically take effect, putting the state on permanent Mountain Daylight Time — or summertime hours — as long as at least four other Western states do the same.
That would mean the latest sunrise here would be at about 8:52 a.m. in the winter, while the earliest sunset would occur at about 5 p.m. The earliest summertime sunrise would happen a few minutes before 6 a.m., while the latest sunset would occur just after 9 p.m.
In 2022 — when the state Senate passed a similar proposal which stalled in the Utah House — Beehive State ski resorts opposed the move, saying it would delay avalanche control before opening.

Jordan Miller