Arkansas would become the third state to not observe daylight saving time under a bill proposed by a Republican state representative.

House Bill 1368, filed Monday by Rep. Sarah Capp of Ozark, states that Arkansas “exempts itself” from daylight saving time and will instead observe standard time. The bill is scheduled to be discussed today by the House Committee on State Agencies and Governmental Affairs.

If enacted, the Natural State would join Arizona and Hawaii as states that do not observe federally mandated daylight saving time, which shifts clocks forward one hour between the first Sunday in March and the first Sunday in November.

“Daylight saving time is a World War I-era initiative that aimed to conserve energy and reduce fuel costs. For a nation on war footing in the early 20th century, this made sense. However, the year is now 2019 and we live in a much different time,” Capp wrote on her Facebook page on Monday night.

“Times have changed, yet our antiquated system of changing the time twice a year hasn’t,” the Ozark legislator wrote on Facebook. “We’ve been accepting the status quo for so long, literally 100 years, that we don’t even remember the purpose of doing so. With this legislation we can stop doing something for the sole reason of ‘That's how it’s always been done’ and actually set our clocks forward by an entire century.”

Daylight saving time was used by Americans during the two World Wars but was discontinued federally after the end of each conflict. From 1945 to 1966, there was no federal law on daylight saving time, so localities could choose themselves whether to observe it. In 1967, the Uniform Time Act established a new federal daylight saving time, with states able to opt out of observing the practice.

Capp received a range of feedback on Facebook regarding HB1368, with some commentators saying they loved the idea and others asking instead for legislation that would keep daylight saving time’s hours in effect all year along for additional daylight in the evening hours.

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Federal law allows for states to opt out of observing daylight saving time, but they cannot adopt daylight saving time year-round.

“There is no federal authority which allows us to make daylight saving time permanent, or to spring forward permanently,” Capp replied to several comments left on her Facebook page regarding HB1368.

Florida and California both passed laws last year to eliminate standard time in favor of daylight saving time in those states, but those changes would not take effect until Congress amends federal law to allow such a change.

This is not the first time Arkansas lawmakers have considered doing away with daylight saving time. A similar piece of legislation, filed in 2015 by Rep. Stephen Meeks of Greenbrier, was defeated on the House floor 69-11.

Meeks told Little Rock television station KARK that he is leaning towards supporting Capp’s bill.

“Are we coming to a point in society where it’s becoming more trouble than it’s worth?” he asked, referring to the twice-a-year practice of shifting time. “Trying to adjust our biological clocks does have health ramifications.”

Meeks told KARK that he has spoken to an Oklahoma legislator that is considering a similar bill for the Sooner State but was withholding his proposal to see what surrounding states did first.

According to the Congressional Research Office, 16 states as of last March have proposed legislation to adopt a permanent time variation.

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