Jordan Hearring, Life Editor

The Senate unanimously passed the Sunshine Protection Act on Tuesday that would make Daylight Saving Time permanent across the United States. The bill would not go into effect until November of 2023 due to the transportation industry’s schedules already being released for the year, but the implementation of the bill ultimately depends on the House of Representatives’ votes.

If this bill were to pass, the sun would rise at 8am from early December to early February, with the latest sunrise at 8:15am in early January.

Sleep Medicine, a wellness journal based around sleep science, published a study in 2015 that found that the rate of strokes after the time change were higher by 8%, and the rate of stroke for individuals with cancer increased by 25%. Their 2019 report found that the risk of heart attack was higher after both time changes, and their 2020 study found that fatal traffic accidents increased by 6% after the time changes.

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