NC lawmakers: Making daylight saving permanent still timely GARY D. ROBERTSON, Associated Press April 13, 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Many North Carolina legislators say it's still the right time to seek making daylight saving time permanent in the state, advancing a House measure Tuesday to move clocks up an hour for good if Congress allows it. A House committee voted unanimously for a measure like one that passed the chamber by a comfortable margin two years ago but idled in the Senate. The legislation would end the twice-annual time shift — moving ahead an hour in mid-March and falling back an hour to standard time in early November — but only if Congress passes a federal law allowing states to observe daylight saving year-round. Such legislation has been filed on Capitol Hill. Currently states may opt out of observing daylight saving time. Hawaii and most of Arizona don't currently participate.