OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) – The Washington state Senate has approved a bill that supports our state remaining on daylight saving time all year round.

The state House recently voted to ask Congress to let Washington skip returning to standard time every fall.

The Spokesman-Review reported on Wednesday that the state Senate followed with a proposal of its own. But an amendment to the Senate bill also calls for a referendum on the change to be put on the November ballot.

Sen. Jim Honeyford, R-Sunnyside, the bill’s prime sponsor, says he has been working on avoiding the clock change for years because studies show there are more accidents, heart attacks and strokes after such a change.

The House and Senate now will try to work out a compromise on differences between the two bills before the scheduled end of the session April 28.