Daylight saving time ends Sunday at 2 a.m. as we “fall back” by moving the clocks back one hour.

Alabama Senator Tommy Tuberville said this week if it were up to him — or the many people who call his office — Nov. 5, 2023 would be the last time we fall back.

“We are living in the past,” Tuberville said on the Senate floor this week. “This should be the last time we ever have to fall back.”

Tuberville said it is an issue his office hears about more than almost any other.

“It affects everybody’s life in this country…We are giving the entire country jet lag twice a year,” Tuberville said.

Ending the practice, Tuberville argued would improve mental health, increase physical activity, and make people more likely to shop and dine out.

Alabama and 17 other states passed legislation, he noted. “The federal government must act to allow these state laws to go into effect.”

Tuberville has supported efforts by a bipartisan group of lawmakers co-sponsoring legislation introduced by Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Florida, to make daylight saving time permanent across most of the U.S., including Alabama.

The proposal would end standard daylight time – which occurs from November to March and, at its most extreme, has Alabama in darkness by 5 p.m. some days in December.

The Senate passed the bill last year by unanimous consent but it failed to come up for a vote in what was then the Democratic-controlled House.

Multiple bills were introduced this year to keep us on daylight saving time, including a bill introduced by Rep. Mike Rogers to give states the power to stay on daylight saving time year-round, The Hill reported.

All three were referred to committees, where they have remained.