END TIME CHANGES IN KENTUCKY

Contrary to popular beliefs, there are no major tangible benefits to farmers [7] who will work with available daylight regardless of the hour. School children may also suffer as changes in the social clock are associated with patterns of mood seasonality [8]. Younger children are also impacted as their sleep patterns are not associated as closely with a social clock even when their parents sleep patterns are [9].

It has been shown that daylight savings time is bad for your health. DST impacts:

• Mental health including mood and productivity [5].
• Increases workplace injuries [6].
• Increases traffic issues and car crashes [2].
• Impacts individual health regarding heart trouble [3].
• Impacts individual health regarding diet and appetite [1].
• Additionally there may be negative economic impacts [4].

The advent of electric lighting and technology that has developed since DST was first proposed in 1895 has made DST irrelevant and the persistence of that system has serious social impacts that should not be ignored. This is not a partisan issue, and the Kentucky General Assembly should take action. 

This petition is to ask that the Kentucky GA File and pass Bill Request 181

"Create a new section of KRS Chapter 2 to adopt year-round daylight saving time (DST) in the state of Kentucky if authorized by the United States Congress; EFFECTIVE upon the first Sunday of November following passage of enabling legislation by Congress"

https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/20rs/prefiled/BR181.html

Sources:

[1] https://www.cbsnews.com/news/daylight-saving-time-affects-your-health-wellness/

[2] Prats-Uribe, Albert, et al. “Excess Risk of Fatal Road Traffic Accidents on the Day of Daylight Saving Time Change.” Epidemiology (Cambridge, Mass.), vol. 29, no. 5, Sept. 2018, pp. e44–e45. EBSCOhost, doi:10.1097/EDE.0000000000000865.

[3] Kirchberger, Inge, et al. “Are Daylight Saving Time Transitions Associated with Changes in Myocardial Infarction Incidence? Results from the German MONICA/KORA Myocardial Infarction Registry.” BMC Public Health, vol. 15, no. 1, Aug. 2015, pp. 1–8. EBSCOhost, doi:10.1186/s12889-015-2124-4.

[4] Berument, Hakan, and Nukhet Doga. “Effects of Daylight Saving Time Changes on Stock Market Volatility: A Reply.” Psychological Reports, vol. 109, no. 3, Dec. 2011, pp. 853–878. EBSCOhost, doi:10.2466/13.17.PR0.109.6.863-878.

[5] Heboyan, Vahé, et al. “Effects of Seasonality and Daylight Savings Time on Emergency Department Visits for Mental Health Disorders.” The American Journal Of Emergency Medicine, vol. 37, no. 8, Aug. 2019, pp. 1476–1481. EBSCOhost, doi:10.1016/j.ajem.2018.10.056.

[6] Holland, Nancy, and Jimmie Hinze. “Daylight Savings Time Changes and Construction Accidents.” Journal of Construction Engineering & Management, vol. 126, no. 5, Sept. 2000, p. 404. EBSCOhost, doi:10.1061/(ASCE)0733-9364(2000)126:5(404).

[7] https://agamerica.com/myth-vs-fact-daylight-saving-time-farming/ 

[8] Borisenkov, Mikhail F., et al. “Seven-Year Survey of Sleep Timing in Russian Children and Adolescents: Chronic 1-h Forward Transition of Social Clock Is Associated with Increased Social Jetlag and Winter Pattern of Mood Seasonality.” Biological Rhythm Research, vol. 48, no. 1, Jan. 2017, pp. 3–12. EBSCOhost, doi:http://dx.doi.org.ezproxy.uky.edu/10.1080/09291016.2016.1223778

[9] Reese, Margaret. Child Development, vol. 3, no. 1, Mar. 1932, p. 86. EBSCOhost, doi:10.2307/1125758.