{"id":759,"date":"2016-01-08T10:25:39","date_gmt":"2016-01-08T17:25:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/TimeZoneReport.com\/?page_id=759"},"modified":"2016-02-11T06:06:30","modified_gmt":"2016-02-11T13:06:30","slug":"massachusetts-2016","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/TimeZoneReport.com\/?page_id=759","title":{"rendered":"Massachusetts &#8211; 2016"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Status Summary<\/h1>\n<p>One bill in the Massachusetts legislature during the 2015 session which we believe to still be active:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>S 2040 was filed 9\/21\/2015 by Senator John Keenan, at the request of a constituent, to study the impact to the state of moving from Eastern Time to Atlantic Time.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h1>Legislation Intent<\/h1>\n<p>This bill has no direct time change impact, but rather would commission a study of what the impact would be.\u00a0 Ostensibly, if the impact was marginal or positive, the governor would be asked by the legislature (typically in the form of a resolution) to request the US Department of Transportation to consider the time zone change.<\/p>\n<p>Such as change would have the same effect as moving to Year-Round DST, but in a &#8220;legal way&#8221;.<\/p>\n<h1>Links to Legislation<\/h1>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/malegislature.gov\/\" target=\"_blank\">Massachusetts State Legislature<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/malegislature.gov\/Bills\/189\/Senate\/S2040\" target=\"_blank\">S 2040<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"sharedaddy sd-sharing-enabled\"><div class=\"robots-nocontent sd-block sd-social sd-social-icon-text sd-sharing\"><h3 class=\"sd-title\">Share this:<\/h3><div class=\"sd-content\"><ul><li class=\"share-twitter\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-twitter-759\" class=\"share-twitter sd-button share-icon\" href=\"https:\/\/TimeZoneReport.com\/?page_id=759&amp;share=twitter\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Twitter\"><span>Twitter<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-facebook\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-facebook-759\" class=\"share-facebook sd-button share-icon\" href=\"https:\/\/TimeZoneReport.com\/?page_id=759&amp;share=facebook\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Facebook\"><span>Facebook<\/span><\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#\" class=\"sharing-anchor sd-button share-more\"><span>More<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-end\"><\/li><\/ul><div class=\"sharing-hidden\"><div class=\"inner\" style=\"display: none;\"><ul><li class=\"share-linkedin\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-linkedin-759\" class=\"share-linkedin sd-button share-icon\" href=\"https:\/\/TimeZoneReport.com\/?page_id=759&amp;share=linkedin\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on LinkedIn\"><span>LinkedIn<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-email\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"\" class=\"share-email sd-button share-icon\" href=\"https:\/\/TimeZoneReport.com\/?page_id=759&amp;share=email\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to email this to a friend\"><span>Email<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-end\"><\/li><li class=\"share-print\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"\" class=\"share-print sd-button share-icon\" href=\"https:\/\/TimeZoneReport.com\/?page_id=759\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to print\"><span>Print<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-end\"><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Status Summary One bill in the Massachusetts legislature during the 2015 session which we believe to still be active: S 2040 was filed 9\/21\/2015 by Senator John Keenan, at the request of a constituent, to study the impact to the state of moving from Eastern Time to Atlantic Time. 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