LINCOLN- On Monday, after three days of sporadic floor debate, lawmakers rejected two proposals that would have signaled Nebraska's support for shifting to a year-round daylight saving time if Congress agreed to allow it. A 14-25 vote determined the fate of this proposal. Lawmakers also rejected an amendment that would have gone a different route, establishing a permanent standard time in Nebraska, no matter what other states decided to do.

The bill was originally introduced last year by former Sen. Tom Briese, who had pushed for the idea since 2021. When Briese stepped down from the Legislature, the bill was adopted by Sen. Danielle Conrad. If LB143 had passed, daylight saving would only have become permanent in Nebraska if federal law was changed and if three neighboring states also made the change. So far, two bordering states, Colorado and Wyoming, have made that move, along with 17 other states.

If Nebraska had voted to make daylight saving time permanent, Sen. Steve Erdman argued that the sun would rise as late as 9:10 A.M. on some days. Nebraska's golfing and broadcasting industries also argued against the adoption of the bill, claiming that such a change would make Nebraska an "island," disrupting programming like news and weather reports.

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