Crossing the Talmadge? Change your clocks: Georgia bills would end daylight saving time changes Georgia lawmakers are considering doing away with time changes in the state Share Updated: 7:54 PM EST Mar 10, 2021 Georgia lawmakers are considering doing away with time changes in the state Share Updated: 7:54 PM EST Mar 10, 2021 Hide Transcript Show Transcript WE'LL ALL BE LOSING AN HOUR OF SLEEP AS WE "SPRING FORWARD" FOR DAYLIGHT SAVING TIME. BUT AS OUR BROOKE BUTLER REPORTS - TIME CHANGES COULD SOON BECOME A THING OF THE PAST. BROOKE? YEAH SHANNON. THERE ARE TWO BILLS THAT WOULD DO AWAY WITH TIME CHANGES IN THE STATE. I SPOKE WITH AN EXPERT HERE AT BEHAVIORAL HEALTH TO GET HIS TAKE ON THE IMPACTS TO YOU. IT REALLY CAN IMPACT YOUR SLEEP CYCLES IT CAN IMPACT YOUR MOOD IRRITABILITY DEPRESSION AND ANXIETY, THESE THINGS CAN BE AMPLIFIED. STEPHEN SAFER - A CLINICAL PSYCHOTHERAPIST WITH MEMORIAL HEALTH - IS TALKING ABOUT THE POTENTIAL IMPACT DAYLIGHT SAVING TIME CAN HAVE ON SOMEONE'S WELL BEING - MORE SPECIFICALLY - THEIR CIRCADIAN RHYTHM. WE ALL HAVE THIS BIOLOGICAL INNER CLOCK AND IT WORKS WITH MOOD, IT WORKS WITH BASIC BEHAVIOR, IT WORKS WITH DAY AND NIGHT CYCLES. IT HELPS KEEP YOU HOLISTICALLY TOGETHER. RIGHT NOW - GEORGIA LAWMAKERS ARE CONSIDERING TWO BILLS THAT WOULD DO AWAY WITH TIME CHANGES. (INSERT GFX HERE) THE FIRST - HOUSE BILL 44 - WOULD KEEP THE STATE IN DAYLIGHT SAVING TIME - MEANING - WE WOULD SPRING FORWARD THIS SUNDAY - THEN NEVER CHANGE BACK. (INSERT SECOND GFX HERE) THE SECOND - SENATE BILL 100 - WOULD KEEP THE STATE IN STANDARD TIME - MEANING WE WOULD STAY AT THE CURRENT TIME WE'RE AT NOW. AND WHILE SOME SUPPORT THE LEGISLATION - I THINK IT WOULD JUST MAKE THINGS A WHOLE LOT SIMPLER FOR THE MOST PART. HAVING TO WORRY ABOUT CHANGES YOUR CLOCKS ALL THE TIME IT JUST DOESN'T MAKE A WHOLE LOT OF SENSE. :10 1:17 TO GET USED TO A DIFFERENT TIME EVERY SIX MONTHS IS JUST, IT'S TOO TIRING. 1:23 OTHERS WORRY - IT WILL MAKE THINGS TOO HARD FOR THOSE WHO WORK IN OTHER STATES. STEPHEN SAFER SAYS - IN THE END - HE FEELS DAYLIGHT SAVING TIME DOESN'T HAVE TOO MUCH OF A LONG TERM IMPACT. ADJUSTING AN HOUR LEFT OR RIGHT WHILE THAT CAN HAVE AN IMPACT, I THINK THE RULE OF THUMB IS IT TAKES ABOUT A DAY TO GET BACK ON SCHEDULE WITH THAT INNER CLOCK THAT CIRCADIAN RHYTHM SO ITS NOT UNREALISTIC. BILL SPONSORS SAY - ON TOP OF THE BEHAVORIAL HEALTH ASPECT - THEY FEEL THE LEGISLATION WOULD KEEP PEOPLE SAFER - FOR EXAMPLE - REDUCING CRIME - AND THE NUMBER OF CAR ACCIDENTS -- BY HAVING AN EXTRA HOUR OF DAYLIGHT. SHANNON. BROOKE THANK YOU. IF HOUSE BILL 44 IS MADE INTO LAW .. IT WOULDN'T TAKE EFFECT UNTIL CONGRESS TOOK ACTION. THAT'S BE