Ray Harwood at Time Zone Report has received an Email from Alabama Senator Rusty Glover’s office indicating that the Alabama legislature will not be considering Year-Round DST. The Email reads: Thank you for your support and information concerning time zones and Daylight Saving Time. Our office has been informed by our Governor’s office that we […]
A Third Piece of Washington State Legislation
Washington state Senator John McCoy sponsored SB 5570 proposing to have the state revert to year-round Pacific Standard, abolishing Daylight Saving Time throughout the state. This senate bill is similar to Washington Representative Elizabeth Scott’s HB 1479, though the Senate version contains some additional wording. Both would have the effect of eliminating DST in the […]
Florida Senator Proposes Year-Round DST
Florida Senator Darren Soto filed SB 432 on January 22, 2015 which he has labeled the “Sunshine Protection Act”. His proposal is to establish Year-Round DST starting July 1, 2015. See our Florida 2015 Legislation Page for up-to-date information.
Summary for Thursday, January 22, 2015
There was new legislation from Alaska and Washington in the last 24 hours. See more info on Alaska’s HB 64 and Washington’s HB 1479. In spite of Washington’s HJM 4001 which asks the US President and Congress to change US Code to permit Year-Round DST, their HB 1479 would have the state go to Pacific […]
Washington State House Bill to Abolish Daylight Saving Time
Representative Elizabeth Scott from the Washington state legislature has introduced HB 1479, entitled, “An act relating to implementation of year-round Pacific Standard Time“. This bill would abolish Daylight Saving Time in the state, but does not mention an implementation date. It is co-sponsored by Representatives Cary Condotta, David Sawyer, and David Taylor. This is the second […]
Alaska House Introduces Third “Alaska DST Exemption” Bill of the Session
Five members of the Alaska House of Representatives have introduced HB 64 entitled, “An Act exempting the state from daylight saving time; and providing for an effective date.” This is the third bill introduced to the 29th Alaska legislature, along with two bills from the Alaska Senate introduced earlier this month. HB 64 is sponsored […]
State Bill Sponsors Contacted
I’ve spent some time the last couple of days contacting all of the sponsoring legislators of bills relating to Daylight Saving Time and time zones in the US. This included: Alaska Senators Anna MacKinnon and Bill Wielechowski, sponsors of SB 6 and SB 11, respectively. Mississippi Senator Russell Jolly, sponsor of SB 2180. Oregon Senator Kim Thatcher, […]
Washington state requests consideration for year-round DST
First of all, a reminder that this site supports year-round DST… it’s DST transitions that kill people! The following bill information is taken from the Washington state legislative web site and TrackBill. Designation: House Joint Memorial 4001 State of Washington, 64th Legislature, Regular Session Summary Requests congress to allow states to adopt year-round daylight saving […]
Mississippi proposes year-round DST
First of all, a reminder that this site supports year-round DST… it’s DST transitions that kill people! The following bill information is taken from the Mississippi legislative web site and TrackBill. The Bill: MS SB2180 Summary AN ACT TO PROVIDE THAT DAYLIGHT SAVING TIME SHALL BE THE YEAR-ROUND STANDARD TIME OF THE ENTIRE STATE OF […]
Technical discussion on Microsoft Community site
I’ve started a technical discussion on the Microsoft Community web site regarding “DST-Free Time Zones for USA”. Click here to view the discussion thread.
