United States Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL) has sponsored a bill to observe Daylight Saving Time continuously through November 7, 2021. The bill, S.4582, is entitled “To extend, temporarily, daylight saving time, and for other purposes.” Read the full text of the bill on the US Congress web site here. The bill has moved through Congress, […]
Sorry, no major news breakthroughs here. Still, you should read this…
As of 9:00am MST March 27, 2019 The text of all three daylight saving time-related bills in the US Congress is now posted. Below is my brief summary of each, with links to the bill main page on Congress.gov, the PDF of the bill text, and a PDF document with my interpretation of the effect […]
Download (free!) PDF showing the effect of HR 1556 on 15 USC 260ff. What would Year-Round DST look like?
Time Zone Report is back! Three DST-related bills are in the US Congress!!
Maybe you were excited about the Florida legislature’s bill about Year-Round Daylight Saving Time which was passed and sent to the governor yesterday. Sorry to burst your bubble, but nothing has changed.
The Montana Senate has approved a bill that would exempt the state from DST after this year, and the bill has now moved over to the House, with a hearing scheduled later this week. If the bill passes, Montana would join Arizona and Hawaii in not Springing Forward in March and Falling Back in November.
Here is a summary of the bills I know of as of today, March 1, 2017, grouped by type of bill.
In this morning’s search, I’ve found DST-related bills from two new states, Washington and Colorado, and another bill from Massachusetts, bringing the number of states with bills to 15.
Massachusetts bill SD 514 addresses issues relating to Daylight Saving Time in a unique way.
