ARKANSAS, USA — An extra hour of sleep is on the schedule this weekend for Arkansans thanks to daylight saving time.
Clocks will "fall back" starting at 2 a.m. on Sunday, November 3.
This odd routine has been a fact of life twice a year for us in the Natural State. However, there are two states in the U.S. who don't observe daylight saving time at all: Arizona and Hawaii. Their state governments passed a loophole in a 60-year-old law requiring the time changes.
Arkansas lawmakers have tried to pass similar bills in recent years.
Every other year, state lawmakers meet in a regular session to create and amend laws or policies in the state.
During the 2023 regular session, Arkansas Representative Stephen Meeks (R) filed a bill in March 2023 that mirrored both Arizona and Hawaii's law.
Meeks's bill was for Arkansas to observe standard time under the Uniform Time Act of 1966 (loophole law), which would make the state exempt from needing to fall back and spring forward every year.
Two similar bills that didn't make it that session took a more indirect approach— only approving standard time permanently whenever it became legal on a federal level first.
The bill filed by Meeks failed to pass in the Arkansas House, with a vote of 26 for and 53 against.
2025 is the next regular session, so chances are we may see a similar bill filed come January.
