Daylight Saving Time starts this weekend! As you can see in the map above, plenty of states are looking at legislation this year to make changes. Beyond the legislative issues, though, I want to help you survive the change this weekend — literally, survive.
While there’s no bill in Pennsylvania proposing to make changes to Daylight Saving Time in the state, here at Time Zone Report we wanted mention something their legislature is doing to help promote the health and safety of their citizens during the time change coming this Sunday morning, March 8, 2015. There is a resolution, sponsored […]
I had an Email this morning from Representative Mike Moyle, sponsor of Idaho House Bill 198 whose intent was to establish Year-Round DST in the state. His Email was in response to several I had sent to him and Chair of the Idaho House Ways and Means Committee Christy Perry, outlining the problems associated with […]
Florida’s SB 432, which proposes to put Florida on Year-Round Daylight Saving Time, was introduced to the Senate today. “Introduction” in Florida legislation terms is the equivalent of the initial reading in other states. The bill was filed in late January, and Time Zone Report attempted to contact the bill’s sponsor, Senator Darren Soto, to […]
According to the “Statement of Purpose” attached to House Bill 198, this bill (I added some highlighting for emphasis): The purpose of this legislation is to exempt Idaho from daylight savings time changes. This legislation will go into effect on July 1, 2015. Consequently, Idaho would not change, or “fall back” in the fall and […]
So there is indeed a piece of legislation working its way through the Idaho House of Representatives to stop Daylight Saving Time in the state. Here at Time Zone Report, we’re generally in favor of any bill that removes DST. But this bill proposes to stop DST on July 1, 2015. What?? In the middle […]
One Idaho web site and TV video from February 25, 2015 reports that a bill proposing to drop Daylight Saving Time in the state was advanced in the House Ways and Means Committee “on Wednesday”. Time Zone Report has been unable to locate such a bill on the Idaho legislature’s web site for this year, though […]
Our first Topic Brief podcast, all about Year-Round Daylight Saving Time. Click the podcast link, or scroll to the script below on SliodeShare.com. Podcast script:
So my mid-day web search uncovered Senate Bill 690 read in the Oregon Senate today, sponsored by Sen. Brian Boquist, which would eliminate Daylight Saving Time in the state. I’ve written to Senator Boquist regarding the absence of any specified effective or start date for the revised statute, recommending January 1, 2016 at the earliest.
It’s eerily quiet out here. Not much going on regarding Daylight Saving Time, and yet, there are still 10 states with what appears to be active DST legislation. I say “appears to be”, because I’ve been reading up on how our government operates, how bills are created, killed, moved forward, and approved. I never was much […]
