Four days after most Americans lost an hour of sleep by moving their clocks forward one hour, a Colorado Senate committee voted to put the state on daylight saving time year-round.

Sen. Greg Brophy deliberately timed his bill to be heard this week when, he said, he knew people would be cranky about having to adjust their body clocks once again.

“Are you tired? Are your kids’ schedules upset? Isn’t it crazy we go through this twice a year?” he asked the Senate Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee. “I think it’s time to stop this charade.”

The Wray Republican said he likes the idea of staying on daylight saving time because Colorado is an outdoors state and people want more light in the evening instead of in the morning.

“The Broncos will have an extra hour of playing time in the daylight,” Brophy added.

“Will they actually win?” Sen. Kevin Grantham, R-Cañon City, asked.

“I can’t guarantee that,” Brophy said, with a laugh.

Senate Bill 22 grew out of Brophy’s Facebook posting in November about how much he disliked changing clocks twice a year. More than 40 people responded.

However, no one showed up at the Capitol on Wednesday to testify for or against his bill, a rarity.

Congress in April 1966 made daylight saving time uniform but allowed states to decide whether to exempt themselves. Arizona and Hawaii remain on standard time year-round; Coloradans voted in 1966 to go on daylight saving time.

Since then, the federal government has gradually expanded the use of daylight saving time, moving the start date to March and the end date into November.

Earlier this session, Rep. Ed Vigil, D-Fort Garland, presented his bill to allow Colorado to join Hawaii and Arizona in staying on standard time. That bill died in committee.

Sen. Gail Schwartz, D-Snowmass Village, asked about the impact on businesses if Brophy’s bill were to pass. He said Colorado would be different from the rest of the nation only four months of the year, the winter months. He said Arizona is different eight months of the year.

Brophy’s bill received unanimous support, which he called historic. He said that to his knowledge, previous legislation aimed at trying to change the time never got out of committee.

One of those bills also involved changing to daylight saving time year-round, but there was concern at the time that states had only the full-time option of standard. Now other states are considering going to daylight saving time year-round, Brophy said.

SB 22 now must be heard by the Appropriations Committee.

Lynn Bartels: 303-954-5327 or lbartels@denverpost.com