<div dir="ltr"><div>Video of yesterday's Maryland Senate committee hearing on a permanent Daylight Saving Time bill (among other matters) is available at...</div><div>    <a href="http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Committees/Media/false?cmte=ehe&clip=EHE_3_5_2020_meeting_1&ys=2020rs">http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Committees/Media/false?cmte=ehe&clip=EHE_3_5_2020_meeting_1&ys=2020rs</a></div><div>...with the relevant section starting at 1:36:01 and ending about 1:50:22.</div><div><br></div><div>Grating references by the bill author to "Daylight Savings Time," testimony both for and again the bill, and a display by the presiding officer of a sheaf of written testimony.</div><div>Hearing participants include a "subject matter expert." The presiding officer mentions how a shift might have unintended consequences on events such as Groundhog Day.<br></div><div></div><div><br></div><div>We'll see what happens.<br></div><div>    <br></div><div>    @dashdashado<br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, Mar 4, 2020 at 5:15 PM Arthur David Olson <<a href="mailto:arthurdavidolson@gmail.com">arthurdavidolson@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div>For those interested, the text of the Maryland Senate bill is available at...</div><div>    <a href="http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/sb/sb0517F.pdf" target="_blank">http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/sb/sb0517F.pdf</a></div><div>...and, since it has been cross-filed in the Maryland house, at...</div><div>    <a href="http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/hb/hb1610F.pdf" target="_blank">http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/hb/hb1610F.pdf</a></div><div><br></div><div>Bill status is available at...</div><div>    <a href="http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/SB0517" target="_blank">http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/SB0517</a></div><div>...and...</div><div>    <a href="http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/HB1610" target="_blank">http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/HB1610</a></div><div><br></div><div>(Alas, "https" URLs do not seem to work.)</div><div></div><div><br></div><div>Tomorrow's action is a committee hearing; there's a long road to any change.<br></div><div><br></div><div>     
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</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, Mar 4, 2020 at 12:27 PM Arthur David Olson <<a href="mailto:arthurdavidolson@gmail.com" target="_blank">arthurdavidolson@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="auto">"<span style="font-family:sans-serif;font-size:12.8px">Maryland could spring forward permanently with Daylight Saving Time bill."</span><div style="font-family:sans-serif;font-size:12.8px" dir="auto"><div style="width:328px;margin:16px 0px"><div dir="auto"><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto"><a href="https://wtop.com/maryland/2020/03/maryland-could-spring-forward-permanently-with-daylight-saving-time-bill/" style="text-decoration-line:none;color:rgb(66,133,244)" target="_blank">https://wtop.com/maryland/2020/03/maryland-could-spring-forward-permanently-with-daylight-saving-time-bill/</a><br></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">State Senate action is set for tomorrow; stay tuned.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">    @dashdashado</div></div></div><div style="height:0px"></div></div><div style="font-family:sans-serif;font-size:12.8px" dir="auto"><br></div></div>
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