So much has happened, we didn’t want you to wait til next week to get this! Summary A comprehensive summary of legislation relating to Daylight Saving Time including 31 bills in 21 states: Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, Florida, Idaho, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Massachusetts, Mississippi, Missouri, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Pennsylvania, South Dakota, Texas, Utah, and […]
Category: Idaho
Idaho HB 198 “Won’t Go Forward”
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 […]
Idaho Bill is Year-Round DST Proposal!
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 […]
Idaho Proposal to Stop DST – On July 1?
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 […]
Does Idaho Have a 2015 Bill to Stop DST?
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 […]