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Introduction

State legislatures have considered at least 650 bills and resolutions in recent years to establish year-round daylight saving time as soon as federal law allows it. Much of the legislation would stop the disruption-causing, twice-yearly clock switching. Inherent in the debate is whether to enact either permanent standard time or permanent daylight time. The federal Uniform Time Act allows the former option but not the latter.

State Legislative Update

The daylight saving time (DST) period in the U.S. begins each year on the second Sunday in March when clocks are set forward by one hour. They are turned back again to standard time on the first Sunday in November as DST ends.

State legislatures continue to grapple with the vexing and multifaceted state policy questions regarding the biannual changing of the clocks. Almost all of the states have considered legislation over the last several years that would place the state permanently on either standard time or daylight saving time. Since 2015, at least 450 bills and resolutions have been introduced in virtually every state, but none of significance passed until 2018, when Florida became the first state to enact legislation to permanently observe DST, pending amendment of federal law to permit such action.

In the last five years, 19 states have enacted legislation or passed resolutions to provide for year-round daylight saving time, if Congress were to allow such a change, and in some cases, if surrounding states enact the same legislation. Because federal law does not currently allow full-time DST, Congress would have to act before states could adopt changes.

The 19 states are Colorado and Kentucky (resolution) (2022), Alabama, Georgia, Minnesota, Mississippi and Montana (2021). Idaho, Louisiana, Ohio (resolution), South Carolina, Utah and Wyoming (2020). Delaware, Maine, Oregon, Tennessee and Washington (2019). Florida (2018; California voters also authorized such a change that year, but legislative action is pending so it is not counted). Some states have commissioned studies on the topic including Massachusetts (2017) and Maine (2021).

Two states -- Arizona and Hawaii -- and the U.S. territories of American Samoa, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands observe permanent standard time.

Background

The U.S. had daylight saving time as early as 1918, with the current federal policy being enacted in 1966, as the Uniform Time Act. Several changes occurred along the way, mostly altering the start and end dates of DST. The current enactment was part of the Energy Policy Act of 2005. The U.S. Department of Transportation is responsible for overseeing DST and the country’s time zones. All states but Hawaii and Arizona (except the Navajo Nation) observe DST. The territories of American Samoa, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands also do not observe DST. Federal law allows a state to exempt itself from observing daylight saving time, upon action by the state legislature, but does not allow the permanent observance of DST.

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At least 30 states have considered or are considering legislation or resolutions related to Daylight Saving Time in 2024. Twenty-eight bills have been introduced this year and 36 have carried over from the last session. This includes 36 bills or resolutions that are under consideration in 20 states to institute permanent Daylight Saving Time, if Congress were to allow such a change. And 27 bills or resolutions in 20 states would put the state on permanent standard time, which is currently allowed by federal law. Two of the bills to move to standard time, in Maine and Virginia, failed to pass.

These totals include bills advocating both approaches that are under consideration simultaneously in 12 states. Indiana is considering a resolution petitioning the U.S. Department of Transportation to hold hearings on the placement of the entire state of Indiana in the same time zone. As it stands now, the northwest and southwest corners of Indiana are in the central time zone, with the remainder of the state in the eastern time zone.

State	Bill Number	Sponsor	Status	Summary
Alaska	HB 284	Allard (R)	Pending	Exempts the state from Daylight Saving Time only if federal law is amended on or before Dec. 31, 2031, to allow observance of Daylight Saving Time throughout the calendar year.
	HB 30 (2023)	Ortiz (I)	Pending
	SB 184	State Affairs Committee	Pending	Exempts the state from the observation of Daylight Saving Time in favor of permanent standard time.
California	AB 1776	Tri Ta (R)	Pending	Repeals Daylight Saving Time in the state and the provisions regarding the legislature's authority to amend provisions of Prop. 7 by a 2/3 vote. Requires the state and political subdivisions to observe year-round standard time.
California	SB 1413	Niello (R)	Pending
Georgia	HB 870	Washburn (R)	Pending	Exempts the state from Daylight Saving Time in favor of permanent standard time, effective only upon exemption from Daylight Saving Time in North Carolina and South Carolina and in portions of Florida and Tennessee that are in the eastern time zone.
Idaho	HB 584	State Affairs Committee	Pending	Exempts all areas of the state from the Daylight Saving Time effective on and after Jan. 1 in the first year following or coinciding with effectuation of exemption from Daylight Saving Time in any two of the states of Montana, Utah, Wyoming, Oregon, Washington or California.
Iowa	HB 498 (2023)	State Gov’t Committee	Pending	Establishes Daylight Saving Time as the official time in the state throughout the year.
Iowa	HB 242 (2023)	Jones (R)	Pending	Establishes Daylight Saving Time as the official time in the state throughout the year.
Illinois	HB 5114	Didech (D)	Pending	Exempts the state from the observation of Daylight Saving Time in favor of permanent standard time effective on the first day of January in the first year following or coinciding with the date upon which exemption from Daylight Saving Time in the states of Indiana, Iowa, Missouri, and Wisconsin takes effect.
Illinois	HB 1192 (2023)	Morgan (D)	Pending	Provides that Daylight Saving Time will be the year-round standard time of the entire state.
Indiana	HB 1289	Sweet (R)	Pending	Exempts the state from the observation of Daylight Saving Time in favor of permanent standard time, either eastern or central standard time depending on where the community is located. Prohibits a state department or agency, or any county, city, or other political subdivision from employing any other time or adopting any statute, ordinance or order providing for Daylight Saving Time.
	HR 10	Payne (R)	Pending	Urges Congress to make Daylight Saving Time permanent after March 2024.
	HCR 16	Boy (D)	Pending	Petitions the U.S. Department of Transportation to hold hearings on the placement of the entire state in the same time zone.
Kentucky	HB 674	Doan (R)	Pending	Exempts the state from the observation of Daylight Saving Time in favor of permanent standard time.
Kentucky	HCR 23	Johnson (R)	Pending	Urges Congress to enact legislation allowing states to permanently adopt Daylight Saving Time.
Maine	LD 983 (2023)	Baldacci (D)	Failed (2024)	Creates an exemption to federal provisions regarding the observation of eastern Daylight Saving Time and establishes Eastern Standard Time as the standard time year-round for the state.
Massachusetts	HB 3051 (2023)	Howard (D)	Pending	Provides for permanent Atlantic Standard Time provided two or more of the following states—New Hampshire, Vermont, Connecticut, Rhode Island, New York or Maine—(i) enact an agreement adopting Atlantic standard time with the commonwealth, (ii) enact legislation having an identical effect with this act, or (iii) enact laws directing a state official to request the U.S. secretary of transportation to place that state in the Atlantic standard time zone.
	SB 2015 (2023)	Keenan (D)	Pending
	HB 3103 (2023)	Puppolo (D)	Pending	Establishes Eastern Standard Time as the permanent time of the commonwealth, taking effect only upon enactment of similar laws in Connecticut, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island and Vermont, and upon a date agreed upon by all five states.
	SD 2553 (2023)	O’Connor (R)	Pending	Establishes permanent standard time within the commonwealth to promote sleep and health.
Michigan	SB 168 (2023)	Hoitenga (R)	Pending	Provides for year-round observance of Daylight Saving Time if Congress authorizes states to do so and Wisconsin, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio and Pennsylvania make the same change.
Minnesota	HF 500 (2023)	Freiburg (DFL)	Pending	Providing for recognition of federal standard time year-round beginning in 2024 and expiring upon enactment of a federal law authorizing states to recognize advanced standard time year-round.
Minnesota	SF 692 (2023)	Mohamed (D)	Pending
Missouri	HB 1471	Sander (R)	Pending	Establishes the "Daylight Saving as New Standard Time Pact" consisting of Missouri and any other state desiring to eliminate Daylight Saving Time. Exempts the state from Daylight Saving Time in favor of permanent standard time. Notwithstanding previous sections to the contrary, if the federal government adopts Daylight Saving Time as the new standard time, then Missouri will do the same.
	HB 1797	Gragg (R)	Pending
	HB 1607	VanSchoiack (R)	Pending	Prohibits the state from participating in Daylight Saving Time unless federal law is modified.
Mississippi	HB 189	Currie (R)	Pending	Provides that Daylight Saving Time will be the year- round standard time of the state if federal law is amended to authorize states to observe Daylight Saving Time year-round.
Nebraska	LR 276	Ibach (NP)	Pending	Urges Congress to change the boundary of the Central Time Zone in Nebraska.
Nebraska	LB 143 (2023)	Briese (NP)	Pending	Provides for year-round Daylight Saving Time effective on the first Sunday in November after authorization under federal law or order of the U.S. Secretary of Transportation and three adjacent states adopt laws for a single year-round standard of time.
New Hampshire	HB 1075	Horrigan (D)	Pending	Provides that state must exempt itself from Daylight Saving Time when Maine and Massachusetts do the same.
New Hampshire	HB 1679	Rockingham (R)	Pending	Urges Congress to authorize New England states to adopt year-round Atlantic Standard Time, establishes an interstate commission between northern New England states to study the transition to Atlantic Standard Time, and transitions the state to Atlantic Standard Time if Maine, Massachusetts and Vermont do the same.
New Jersey	AB 3268	Wimberly (D)	Pending	Provides for the state to permanently observe Daylight Saving Time subject to change in federal law.
New Jersey	SB 1510	Turner (D)	Pending
New York	AB 2626 (2023)	Vanel (D)	Pending	Establishes the Task Force on Daylight Saving Time to study the effects of New York opting out of Daylight Saving Time. The study must include the history, relevant studies, economic impact, health impacts, relevant positions and legislation from neighboring states and the federal government, and regulations affected by Daylight Saving Time.
	SB 1007 (2023)	Oberacker (R)	Pending
	AB 3535 (2023)	Santabarbara (D)	Pending	Amends the general construction law and the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to establishing Daylight Saving Time as the year-round standard time in the state and in the city of New York.
	SB 1929 (2023)	Griffo (R)	Pending
	AB 5611 (2023)	Zebrowski (D)	Pending	Directs the secretary of state to develop and submit an application to the federal government requesting that New York observe Atlantic Standard Time. Effective only if Connecticut, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania pass similar legislation.
	SB 2787 (2023)	Skoufis (D)	Pending
	AB 5733 (2023)	Dinowitz (D)	Pending	Eliminates Daylight Saving Time in favor of permanent standard time.
North Carolina	HB 326 (2023)	Saine (R)	Pending	Adopts Daylight Saving Time year-round if authorized by Congress.
North Carolina	SB 392 (2023)	Hise (R)	Pending
Ohio	HCR 7 (2023)	Creech (R)	Pending	Urges Congress to make Daylight Saving Time the permanent standard time.
Oklahoma	HB 3357	Marti (R)	Pending	Provides for the state to permanently observe Daylight Saving Time conditioned upon either Texas adopting similar legislation or two of the other states surrounding Oklahoma.
	SB 1200	Stephens (R)	Pending	Requires the state to adopt Daylight Saving Time as the year-round standard of time for the entire state and all its political subdivisions if a federal law is passed authorizing states to do so.
	SB 7 (2023)	Stephens (R)	Pending	Establishes year-round daylight standard time.
	HB 2217 (2023)	West (R)	Pending	Orders a legislative referendum pursuant to the state constitution. Rejects adoption of Daylight Saving Time and mandates the state operate on standard time.
	SB 69 (2023)	Dahm (R)	Pending	Establishes standard time in the state. Declares that the state will not observe the federal Daylight Saving Time.
Oregon	SB 1548	Thatcher (R)	Passed Senate	Abolishes the annual one-hour change in time from standard time to Daylight Saving Time and maintains the Pacific Time Zone portion of Oregon on standard time for all 12 months of the calendar year.
Pennsylvania	HB 312 (2023)	Diamond (R)	Pending	Provides for Eastern Standard Time and prohibits the use of Daylight Saving Time.
	SB 796 (2023)	Boscola (D)	Pending	Provides for Atlantic standard time and prohibits the use of Daylight Saving Time.
	HB 272 (2023)	Mackenzie (R)	Pending	Observes daylight savings time year-around if authorized by Congress.
	SR 65 (2023)	Martin (R)	Pending	Petitions Congress to extend Daylight Saving Time throughout the year across the country.
South Carolina	HB 4026 (2023)	Burns (R)	Pending	Provides that the time known as Eastern Standard Time is permanently the standard time in the state with no further adjustments under state or federal law. Includes procedural and related provisions to give the above provisions effect.
South Carolina	HB 3879 (2023)	Chumley (R)	Pending
South Dakota	HB 1009	Krohmer (R)	Pending	Provides that the official standard time in the state is the time established by 15 U.S.C. § 261 in both the central and mountain time zones. If Congress amends the law to authorize states to observe permanent Daylight Saving Time, the official standard time of the state is central daylight time in the portion of the state using central time, and mountain daylight time in the portion of the state using mountain time.
Tennessee	HB 1230 (2023)	Hemmer (D)	Pending	Exempts the state from Daylight Saving Time upon the States of Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi, and North Carolina exempting themselves from Daylight Saving Time.
Tennessee	SB 342 (2023)	Campbell (D)	Pending
Vermont	HB 329 (2023)	Chase (D)	Pending	Provides for the transition to year-round eastern Daylight Saving Time subject to Congress granting authorization for the elimination of the observance of Eastern Standard Time in each of the six New England states.
Vermont	HB 267 (2023)	Roberts (D)	Pending	Provides for the transition to year-round Eastern Standard Time on Jan. 1 in the year following the enactment of the same in the states of Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and New York.
Virginia	HB 6	McNamara (R)	Failed	Provides that the commonwealth must observe eastern daylight time year-round upon the enactment by Congress of a law allowing states to do so.
Washington	SB 5795	Padden (R)	Pending	Exempts the state from Daylight Saving Time by implementing year-round Pacific Standard Time.
West Virginia	HB 5097	Pritt (D)	Pending	Eliminates the use of Daylight Saving Time beginning on and after July 1, 2024.

At least 29 states considered or are considering 75 pieces of legislation related to Daylight Saving Time (DST) in 2023—Alaska, Arkansas, Connecticut, Idaho, Illinois, Iowa, Kentucky, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Vermont, Virginia and Wyoming. HB 1422 in Texas passed the House on April 11, which provides that the state will observe daylight saving time year-round, while SB 7 passed the Oklahoma Senate which would establish year-round daylight standard time. Oklahoma also adopted SCR 9—supporting the federal Sunshine Protection Act of 2023.

State	Bill Number	Sponsor	Status	Summary
Alaska	HB 30 (2023)	Ortiz (I)	Pending-Carryover	Requires the attorney general to notify the revisor of statutes if federal law is amended to allow the state to observe daylight saving time throughout the calendar year.
Arkansas	HB 1568 (2023)	Meeks (R)	Failed	Observes standard time year round; eliminates daylight saving time.
	HB 1039 (2023)	Rye (R)	Failed	Adopts permanent daylight saving time.
	HB 1104 (2023)	Richardson (R)	Failed	Adopts permanent daylight saving time.
Connecticut	HB 6071 (2023)	Chafee (D)	Failed	Ends the practice of advancing the standard of time for daylight saving time when Massachusetts, New York and Rhode Island have done the same.
	HB 6074 (2023)	Vail (R)	Failed	Requires the state to adopt Atlantic Standard Time upon the enactment of legislation in Massachusetts, Rhode Island and New York adopting said time and federal approval of such change.
	HB 6246 (2023)	Elliott (D)	Failed	Eliminates daylight saving time and adopts permanent eastern standard time.
Idaho	HB 318 (2023)	Ehlers (R)	Failed	Keeps the portion of the state in the Mountain Time Zone always on Mountain Standard Time. Allows the portion of the state in the Pacific Time Zone to continue to observe standard time and daylight savings time.
Illinois	HB 1192 (2023)	Morgan (D)	Pending	Provides that daylight saving time shall be the year-round standard time of the entire state.
Iowa	HB 242 (2023)	Jones (R)	Pending-Carryover	Establishes daylight saving time as the official time in this state throughout the year.
Iowa	HB 498 (2023)	House State Gov’t Cmte	Pending-Carryover	Establishes daylight saving time as the official time in this state throughout the year.
Kentucky	HB 77 (2023)	Reed (R)	Failed	Provides that if Congress amends the Standard Time Act of 1918 or the Uniform Time Act of 1966 to allow states to observe Daylight Saving Time year-round, the official year-round time in Kentucky will be Central Daylight Time in the part of the state that is in the Central Time Zone and Eastern Daylight Time in the part of this state that is in the Eastern Time Zone.
Maine	LD 983 (2023)	Baldacci (D)	Pending-Carryover	Creates an exemption to federal provisions regarding the observation of eastern daylight saving time and establishes eastern standard time as the standard time year-round for the state.
	LD 989 (2023)	Bennett (R)	Failed	Directs the university of Maine system to study and analyze the potential effects on public health and the state’s economy of adopting permanent Atlantic standard time and determine if that adoption will serve the convenience of commerce as required by the United States Department of Transportation.
	LD 1047 (2023)	Bennett (R)	Failed	Removes the prerequisite that all the states in the eastern time zone and the District of Columbia observe eastern daylight time, which will allow state to observe eastern daylight time.
Maryland	HB 165 (2023)	Crosby (D)	Failed	Alters the standard time in the state to be Eastern Daylight Time year-round, contingent on the enactment of similar legislation by Delaware, the District of Columbia, Pennsylvania, Virginia and West Virginia by a specified date.
Maryland	SB 268 (2023)	Ready (R)	Failed	Alters the standard time in the state to be Eastern Daylight Time year-round, contingent on a change to federal law. Requires the secretary of state to monitor federal government action.
Massachusetts	HB 3051 (2023)	Howard (D)	Pending	Provides for permanent Atlantic Standard Time.
	HB 3103 (2023)	Puppolo (D)	Pending	Establishes standard time as the permanent time of the Commonwealth.
	SB 2015 (2023)	Keenan (D)	Pending	Establishes Atlantic Standard Time and declares the Commonwealth exempt from the change to daylight saving time, provided two or more of the surrounding states do the same.
Michigan	SB 168 (2023)	Hoitenga (R)	Pending	Adopts daylight saving time year-round if authorized by congress and surrounding states.
Minnesota	HB 500 (2023)	Freiberg (DFL)	Pending-Carryover	Provides for recognition of federal standard time year-round beginning in 2024 and expiring upon enactment of a federal law authorizing states to recognize advanced standard time year-round.
Minnesota	SB 692 (2023)	Mohamed (D)	Pending-Carryover
Missouri	HB 157 (2023)	O’Donnell (R)	Failed	Establishes the Daylight Saving as New Standard Time Pact. Provides that in the year in which two states bordering Missouri have passed legislation entering those states into the Daylight Saving as New Standard Time Pact, each state will switch clocks to daylight saving for the last time and daylight saving time will be eliminated. The time formerly known as daylight saving time will become standard time.
Missouri	HB 265 (2023)	Sander (R)	Failed
Montana	HB 617 (2023)	Tuss (D)	Failed	Creates state standard time. Declares the state exempt from daylight saving time.
Nebraska	LB 143 (2023)	Briese (NP)	Pending-Carryover	Provides for year-round daylight saving time.
New Jersey	AB 1365 (2022)	Wimberly (D)	Pending	Establishes DST as the official time year-round, subject to congressional authorization.
New Jersey	SB 946 (2022)	Turner (D)	Pending
New Mexico	SB 191 (2023)	Gonzales (D)	Failed	Exempts the state from advancing time for daylight saving and throughout the year observe mountain standard time.
New Mexico	SB 287 (2023)	Pirtle (R)	Failed	Declares the time in New Mexico will be mountain daylight saving time effective Nov. 3, 2024, provided that federal law has been enacted that authorizes a state to exempt itself or a part of itself, or allows a county to exempt itself, from reverting to standard time and pursuant to that authorization: (a) the state of Texas has enacted a law exempting itself or a part of itself that includes the county of El Paso, Texas, from reverting to standard time; or (b) the county commission of El Paso county, Texas, has enacted an ordinance exempting itself from reverting to standard time.
New York	AB 2626 (2023)	Vanel (D)	Pending	Establishes the task force on daylight saving time to study the effects of New York state opting out of daylight saving time.
	SB 1007 (2023)	Oberacker (R)	Pending
	AB 3535 (2023)	Santabarbara (D)	Pending	Establishes daylight saving time as the year-round standard time of the state and the city of New York.
	SB 1929 (2023)	Griffo (R)	Pending
	SB 2787 (2023)	Skoufis (D)	Pending	Relates to observing Atlantic time.
	AB 5611 (2023)	Zebrowski (D)	Pending	Relates to observing Atlantic time.
	AB 5733 (2023)	Dinowitz (D)	Pending	Eliminates daylight saving time.
North Carolina	HB 326 (2023)	Saine (R)	Pending (Passed House)	Adopts daylight saving time year-round if authorized by congress.
North Carolina	SB 392 (2023)	Hise (R)	Pending	Adopts daylight saving time year-round if authorized by congress.
Ohio	HCR 7 (2023)	Creech (R)	Pending	Urges Congress to make daylight saving time the permanent standard time.
Oklahoma	HB 2217 (2023)	West (R)	Pending-Carryover	Orders a legislative referendum pursuant to the state Constitution. Establishes standard time in the state on a certain date. Exempts state from the federal daylight saving time provision.
	SB 7 (2023)	Stephens (R)	Pending-Carryover (Passed Senate)	Establishes year-round daylight standard time.
	SB 69 (2023)	Dahm (R)	Pending-Carryover	Establishes standard time in the state. Declares that the state will not observe the federal daylight saving time.
	SCR 9 (2023)	Stephens (R)	Adopted (5/11)	Declares support for the Sunshine Protection Act of 2023.
Oregon	HB 3102 (2023)	Owens (R)	Failed	Eliminates daylight saving time and requires the state to remain on standard time for entirety of calendar year.
Oregon	SB 1090 (2023)	Thatcher (R)	Failed	Abolishes annual one-hour change in time from standard time to daylight saving time and maintains Oregon on standard time for all 12 months of calendar year, except in portion of Oregon in Mountain Time Zone.
Pennsylvania	HB 272 (2023)	Mackenzie (R)	Pending	Observes daylight saving time year-around if authorized by Congress.
	HB 312 (2023)	Diamond (R)	Pending	Prohibits the use of daylight saving time.
	SR 65 (2023)	Martin (R)	Pending	Petitions Congress to extend daylight saving time throughout the year across the country.
	SB 796 (2023)	Boscola (D)	Pending	Establishes Atlantic Standard Time and prohibits the use of daylight saving time. Contingent on one or more contiguous states taking action to request Atlantic Standard Time.
South Carolina	HB 3879 (2023)	Chumley (R)	Pending-Carryover	Provides that the time known as Eastern Standard Time is advanced by one hour beginning at 2:00 a.m. on the second Sunday of March of 2024, and beginning on this date and time and thereafter permanently becomes standard time in the state.
South Carolina	HB 4026 (2023)	Burns (R)	Pending-Carryover	Provides that the time known as Eastern Standard Time is permanently the standard time in the state. Provides for procedural and related provisions to give the above provisions effect including having the state attorney general submit a waiver request to the federal secretary of transportation permitting and approving these provisions in order for them to take effect.
Tennessee	HB 1230 (2023)	Hemmer (D)	Pending-Carryover	Exempts the state from daylight saving time upon the States of Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi and North Carolina exempting themselves from daylight saving time.
Tennessee	SB 342 (2023)	Campbell (D)	Pending-Carryover
Texas	HB 417 (2023)	Schofield (R)	Failed	Provides that the state will observe daylight saving time year-round. Applies to both the portion of the state using central standard time as the official standard time and the portion of the state using mountain standard time as the official standard time.
	SB 2329 (2023)	Bettencourt (R)	Failed
	HB 1101 (2023)	Goodwin (D)	Failed	Relates to authorizing a statewide referendum allowing voters to indicate a preference for observing standard time year-round or observing daylight saving time year-round.
	HB 1931 (2023)	Rogers (R)	Failed
	HB 1422 (2023)	Metcalf (R)	Failed (Passed House)	Provides that the state will observe daylight saving time year-round. Applies to both the portion of this state using central standard time as the official standard time and the portion of the state using mountain standard time as the official standard time.
	HB 2591 (2023)	Shaheen (R)	Failed
	HB 1425 (2023)	Metcalf (R)	Failed	Relates to authorizing a statewide referendum allowing voters to indicate a preference for observing daylight saving time year-round.
	HJR 22 (2023)	Schofield (R)	Failed	Proposes a constitutional amendment requiring the state to observe daylight saving time year-round.
	SJR 86 (2023)	Bettencourt (R)	Failed
	HJR 80 (2023)	Goodwin (D)	Failed	Proposes a constitutional amendment authorizing a statewide referendum allowing voters to indicate a preference for observing standard time year-round or observing daylight saving time year-round.
	HJR 100 (2023)	Rogers (R)	Failed
	SJR 68 (2023)	Zaffirini (D)	Failed
	HJR 82 (2023)	Metcalf (R)	Failed	Proposes a constitutional amendment authorizing a statewide referendum allowing voters to indicate a preference for observing daylight saving time year-round.
	SB 1297 (2023)	Zaffirini (D)	Failed	Relates to observing standard time year-round and authorizing a statewide referendum allowing voters to indicate a preference for observing standard time year-round or observing daylight saving time year-round.
	SJR 9 (2023)	Zaffirini (D)	Failed	Proposes a Constitutional amendment abolishing daylight saving time in the state.
	SB 1017 (2023)	Stuart (R)	Failed	Provides that the Commonwealth shall observe Eastern Daylight Time (Eastern Standard Time, advanced one hour) year-round upon the enactment by Congress of a law allowing states to observe Eastern Daylight Time year-round.
Vermont	HB 267 (2023)	Roberts (D)	Pending-Carryover	Relates to the establishment of year-round U.S. Eastern Standard Time.
Vermont	HB 329 (2023)	Chase (D)	Pending-Carryover	Relates to the establishment of year-round U.S. Eastern Daylight Saving Time.
Virginia	HB 1483 (2023)	McNamara (R)	Failed	Requests the secretary of commerce and trade to study the effects of the Commonwealth's continued observance of daylight saving time under the federal Uniform Time Act of 1966 and the potential consequences of a decision to use either standard time or daylight time time year-round in the Commonwealth.
Virginia	SB 1017 (2023)	Stuart (R)	Failed	Provides that the Commonwealth shall observe Eastern Daylight Time (Eastern Standard Time, advanced one hour) year-round upon the enactment by Congress of a law allowing states to observe Eastern Daylight Time year-round.
Wyoming	HB 246 (2023)	Ottman (R)	Failed	Establishes year-round Mountain Standard Time.

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At least 29 states have introduced 75 pieces of legislation addressing Daylight Saving Time (DST) including 2021 carryover bills and new bills introduced during the 2022 legislative session.

Specific states include Alaska, California, Colorado, Georgia, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, South Dakota, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Washington and West Virginia.

So far in 2022, Colorado, Kentucky and Mississippi have approved legislation. Colorado named DST the year-round standard time, subject to federal approval. In Kentucky and Mississippi, each house of representatives urged Congress and the president by resolution to permanently adopt DST by passing the Sunshine Protection Act.

Daylight Saving Time 2022 Laws, Bills and Resolutions
State	Bill Number	Sponsor	Status	Summary
Alaska	HB 31 (2021)	Ortiz (I-36)	Failed	Establishes DST as the official time year-round, subject to congressional authorization on or before Dec. 31, 2030.
California	AB 2868 (2022)	Choi (R-68)	Failed	Sets California’s standard time to year-round DST after the federal government authorizes the state to do so.
Colorado	SB 135 (2022)	Bridges (D-26)	Failed	If the registered electors of the state approve the bill at the November 2022 general election, the entire state will be exempt from observing DST in the future, beginning in 2023, and MST will be the year-round standard time in the state.
Colorado	HB 1297 (2022)	Kipp (D-52)	Enacted (06/02/22)	Makes DST the year-round standard time within the state, but takes effect only if a federal law is enacted to allow states to remain on DST year-round.
Georgia	HB 44 (2021)	Cantrell (R-22)	Failed	Establishes DST as the official time year-round, subject to congressional authorization.
	SB 13 (2021)	Watson (R-1)	Failed	Provides for the holding of a nonbinding, advisory referendum election to determine whether the qualified electors of the state desire to continue the advancement of time from standard time to DST or to observe standard time or DST year-round.
	SB 12 (2021)	Watson (R-1)	Failed	Provides that the state shall at all times observe the standard time of the United States. Exempts the state from daylight saving advancement of time provisions of the U.S. Code.
Illinois	HB 4224 (2022)	Scherer (D-096)	Pending	Provides that DST shall be the year-round standard time of the entire state.
	SB 2960 (2021)	Turner (D-048)	Pending	Provides that DST shall be the year-round standard time of the entire state.
	HB 216 (2021)	Niemerg (R-109)	Pending	Provides that DST shall be the year-round standard time of the entire state.
	HB 2609 (2021)	Butler (R-87)	Pending	Provides that the state is exempt from the provisions of the federal Uniform Time Act that establish DST.
	HB 3321 (2021)	Welter (R-75)	Pending
	HB 2946 (2021)	Morgan (D-58)	Pending	Establishes DST as the official time year-round.
	HB 3527 (2021)	Zalewski (D-23)	Pending
	HB 2982 (2021)	Morrison (R-54)	Pending
	HR 118 (2021)	Sosnowski (R-69)	Pending	Urges Congress to enact permanent DST.
Iowa	HF 2105 (2022)	Sexton (R-10)	Failed	Establishes DST as the official time in the state throughout the year.
	HF 2331 (2022)	House State Government Committee	Failed	Establishes DST as the official time in the state throughout the year.
	HF 2144 (2022)	Andrews (R-39)	Failed	Establishes DST as the official time in the state throughout the year.
	SF 8 (2021)	Zaun (R-20)	Failed	Establishes DST as the official time in the state throughout the year.
	SF 335 (2021)	Senate State Government Committee	Failed	Establishes DST as the official time in the state throughout the year. Takes effect when the states of Illinois, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, South Dakota and Wisconsin have all adopted DST as the official time throughout the year or enacted legislation substantially similar to this bill prior to July 1, 2031.
Kansas	HB 2060 (2021)	House Federal and State Affairs Committee	Failed	Establishes DST as the official time year-round, subject to congressional authorization.
Kansas	HCR 5008 (2021)	Francis (R-125)	Failed	Urges the United States Congress to extend daylight savings time throughout the year for the whole nation.
Kentucky	HCR 11 (2022)	Reed (R-024)	Failed	Urges the U.S. Congress to enact legislation allowing states to permanently adopt DST.
	HR 139 (2022)	Reed (R-024)	Failed	Urges the U.S. House of Representatives and the president of the United States to permanently adopt DST by passing the Sunshine Protection Act of 2021.
	HR 141 (2022)	Rowland (R-021)	Adopted (3/29/2022	Urges the Congress and president of the United States to permanently adopt DST by passing the Sunshine Protection Act.
Maryland	HB 126 (2022)	Crosby (D-029B)	Failed	Alters the standard time in the state to be Eastern Daylight Time year-round, subject to congressional authorization. The Act is also contingent on similar legislation being enacted by Delaware, the District of Columbia, Pennsylvania, Virginia and West Virginia.
	SB 534 (2022)	Ready (R-005)	Failed	Altering the standard time in the state to be Eastern Daylight Time year-round; making the Act contingent on a change to federal law and requiring the Secretary of State to monitor action by the federal government.
	HB 1013 (2021)	Crosby (D-29B)	Failed	Establishes DST as the official time year-round, subject to congressional authorization. Makes the law contingent on similar legislation being enacted by all of the states, including the District of Columbia.
	SB 840 (2021)	Ready (R-5)	Failed	Establishes DST as the official time year-round, subject to congressional authorization.
Massachusetts	SB 2073 (2021)	Keenan (D-Norfolk; Plymouth)	Pending	Establishes Atlantic Standard Time as the standard time and exempts the state from the change to DST.
Massachusetts	SB 2827 (2022)	Joint Cmte. on State Admin. & Reg. Oversight	Pending	Establishes DST as the official time year-round, subject to congressional authorization.
Michigan	HB 4052 (2021)	Hoitenga (R-102)	Pending	Establishes DST as the official time year-round, subject to congressional authorization. Becomes effective upon similar laws passed regarding permanently observing DST in Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin.
Michigan	SB 231 (2021)	Irwin (D-18)	Pending	Establishes DST as the official time year-round. Becomes effective subject to congressional authorization and when Wisconsin, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio and Pennsylvania have adopted DST year-round observance.
Minnesota	HF 72 (2021)	Freiberg (DFL-45B)	Failed	Establishes DST as the official time year-round, subject to congressional authorization.
Minnesota	SF 149 (2021)	Kiffmeyer (R-30)	Failed
Mississippi	HR 92 (2022)	Reynolds (D-33)	Adopted (3/23/2022)	Urges the Congress of the United States to pass and President Joseph R. Biden, Jr., to sign legislation establishing DST as the standard time throughout the calendar year.
Missouri	HB 1735 (2022)	O’Donnell (R-095)	Failed	Establishes the “Daylight Saving as New Standard Time Pact” (Pact) to consist of Missouri and any other state seeking to permanently change DST to a new standard time. All areas of the state are exempted from daylight saving provisions of federal law. In the year in which two states bordering Missouri have passed legislation entering those states into the Pact, each state will permanently switch their clocks to Daylight Saving, DST will be eliminated, and Missouri and all other participating states will no longer observe DST.
	HB 1761 (2022)	Sander (R-33)	Failed	This bill establishes the “Daylight Saving as New Standard Time Pact” (Pact) consisting of this state and any other state desiring to abstain from observation of DST. The bill exempts all areas of the state from federal DST provisions. In the year in which three states bordering Missouri have passed legislation entering those states into the Pact, each state will switch clocks to Daylight Saving for the last time and DST will be eliminated.
	HB 1889 (2022)	Rogers (D-18)	Failed	Requires that Missouri observe Central Standard Time and not DST, regardless of what federal law requires.
Nebraska	LB 283 (2021)	Briese (NP-41)	Failed	Establishes DST as the official time year-round, subject to congressional authorization or any order of the U.S. Secretary of Transportation or are no longer in conflict with the laws of the United States or any order of the U.S.Secretary of Transportation and if three adjacent states adopt laws for a single year-round standard of time.
New Hampshire	HB 1287 (2022)	Yokela (R-Rockingham 33)	Failed	The governor shall send a copy of this proclamation, as well as a call to action for a hearing on any bill addressing the topic of switching to permanent DST, to the New Hampshire congressional delegation, the United States Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation and the United States House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
New Jersey	AB 1365 (2022)	Wimberly (D-35)	Pending	Establishes DST as the official time year-round, subject to congressional authorization.
	SB 946 (2022)	Turner (D-15)	Pending
	SB 420 (2020)	Turner (D-15)	Failed-Adjourned
	AB 3868 (2020)	Wimberly (D-35)	Failed-Adjourned
New York	SB 1876 (2021)	Skoufis (D-39)	Pending	Directs the secretary of state to develop and submit an application to the federal government requesting that New York observe Atlantic Standard Time. The law would only take effect if Connecticut, New Jersey and Pennsylvania pass similar legislation.
	AB 7258 (2021)	Zebrowski (D-096)	Pending
	AB 3837 (2021)	Vanel (D-33)	Pending	Establishes a task force on DST to study the effects of New York opting out of DST.
	SB 5371 (2021)	Obercracker (R-51)	Pending
	SB 3813 (2021)	Griffo (R-47)	Pending	Establishes DST as the official time year-round, subject to congressional authorization.
	AB 6443 (2021)	Santabarbara (D-111)	Pending
	AB 5791 (2021)	Morinello (R-145)	Pending	Provides that the state is exempt from the provisions of the federal Uniform Time Act that establish DST. Takes effect Jan. 1, 2024.
North Carolina	SB 39 (2021)	Sawyer (R-34)	Failed	Establishes DST as the official time year-round, subject to congressional authorization.
North Carolina	HB 307 (2021)	Saine (R-97)	Pending
Ohio	HCR 13 (2021)	Koehler (R-079)	Pending	Urges Congress to enact The Sunshine Protection Act of 2021, which would make DST the permanent standard time.
Oklahoma	HB 3146 (2022)	West (R-54)	Failed	Orders a legislative referendum. The measure establishes that standard time in Oklahoma shall be known as Central Standard Time. The measure rejects the adoption of DST in this state and mandates the state operate on standard time. The measure allows future legislative action regarding the rejection of DST. Central Standard Time in Oklahoma shall begin on Nov. 8, 2022.
	HB 3664 (2022)	Sterling (R-27)	Failed	States that the standard time in Oklahoma shall be known as Central Standard Time. Exempts Oklahoma from the federal DST provision.
	HB 4051 (2022)	Marti (R-75)	Failed
	SB 1103 (2021)	Dahm (R-33)	Failed
	SB 381 (2021)	Boren (D-16)	Failed	Establishes DST as the official time year-round, subject to congressional authorization.
	HB 1660 (2021)	West (R-54)	Failed	Establishes DST as the official time year-round. States the standard time in Oklahoma shall be known as Central Daylight Time.
	SB 843 (2021)	Stephens (R-3)	Failed
Pennsylvania	HB 335 (2021)	Mackenzie (R-134)	Pending	Establishes DST as the official time year-round, subject to congressional authorization.
	HB 846 (2021)	Diamond (R-102)	Pending	Prohibits the use of DST.
	SB 384 (2021)	Boscola (D-18)	Pending
	SR 36 (2021)	Martin (R-13)	Pending	Urges Congress to extend DST throughout the year across the country.
South Carolina	HB 3111 (2021)	Chumley (R-35)	Failed	Establishes DST as the official time year-round. Directs the state’s Attorney General to request a federal waiver from the U.S. secretary of Transportation.
South Dakota	HB 1042 (2022)	Otten (R-006)	Failed	Establishes DST as the official time year-round, subject to congressional authorization.
Utah	SB 175 (2022)	McCay (R-11)	Failed	Exempts all areas of the state from standard time. Provides that the year-round observed time of the entire state including the state’s political subdivisions is Mountain Daylight Time.
Vermont	HB 168 (2021)	Burditt (R-Rutland-2)	Failed	Exempts the state from observing DST. Becomes effective on January 1 of the year following the adoption of year-round “U.S. Eastern Standard Time” in Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire and Rhode Island.
Virginia	HB 303 (2022)	Freitas (R-30)	Failed	Would have exempted Virginia from observing DST, thereby making Eastern Standard Time the standard time in Virginia year-round.
Virginia	HJR 6 (2022)	McNamara (R-8)	Failed	Would have requested the Secretary of Commerce and Trade to study the effects of the commonwealth's continued observance of DST under the federal Uniform Time Act of 1966 and the potential consequences of a decision to use either standard time or daylight saving time year-round in the commonwealth.
Washington	SB 5511 (2022)	Honeyford (R-15)	Failed-Adjourned	Exempts the state of Washington from observing DST until the state can move to Pacific Daylight Time year-round.
West Virginia	HB 4270 (2022)	Reed (R-59)	Failed-Adjourned	Eliminates the use of DST in West Virginia beginning on and after July 1, 2022.

At least 33 states have introduced 80 pieces of legislation addressing DST in 2021. Of those, at least six states—Alabama, Georgia, Maine, Minnesota, Mississippi and Montana—have enacted legislation. Most of the proposed measures would establish DST as the official time year-round, subject to an authorizing federal law and in some cases contingent on surrounding states enacting similar legislation.

The map shows pending, enacted and failed bills in 2021.

Daylight Saving Time 2021 Laws, Bills and Resolutions
State	Bill Number	Prime Sponsor	Status	Summary
Alabama	HB 321 (2021)	Kitchens (R-27)	Failed	Establishes DST as the official time year-round, subject to congressional authorization.
	HB 576 (2021)	Whorton (R-22)	Failed	Establishes DST as the official time year-round, subject to congressional authorization.
	SB 388 (2021)	Livingston (R-008)	Enacted (5/13/21)	Adopts DST year-round, subject to congressional authorization.
Alaska	HB 31 (2021)	Ortiz (I-36)	Pending	Establishes DST as the official time year-round, subject to congressional authorization on or before Dec. 31, 2030.
Arkansas	HB 1017 (2021)	Rye (R-54)	Failed	Establishes DST as the official time year-round, subject to congressional authorization.
Connecticut	HB 5459 (2021	Vail (R-052)	Failed	Requires the state to adopt Atlantic Standard Time upon the enactment of legislation in Massachusetts, Rhode Island and New York adopting said time and federal approval of the change.
Connecticut	HB 5877 (2021)	Phipps (D-100)	Failed	Requires the state to adopt Atlantic Standard Time upon the enactment of legislation in Massachusetts, Rhode Island and New York adopting said time and federal approval of the change.
Georgia	HB 44 2021	Cantrell (R-22)	Pending	Establishes DST as the official time year-round, subject to congressional authorization.
	SB 13 2021	Watson (R-1)	Pending	Provides for the holding of a nonbinding, advisory referendum election to determine whether the qualified electors of the state desire to continue the advancement of time from standard time to DST or to observe standard time or DST year-round.
	SB 12 2021	Watson (R-1)	Pending	Provides that the state shall at all times observe the standard time of the United States. Exempts the state from daylight saving advancement of time provisions of the U.S. Code.
	SB 100 2021	Watson (R-1)	Enacted (4/21/21)	Establishes DST as the official time year-round, subject to congressional authorization.
Illinois	HB 216 2021	Niemerg (R-109)	Pending	Provides that DST shall be the year-round standard time of the entire state.
	HB 2609 2021	Butler (R-87)	Pending	Provides that the state is exempt from the provisions of the federal Uniform Time Act that establish DST.
	HB 3321 2021	Welter (R-75)	Pending
	HB 2946 2021	Morgan (D-58)	Pending	Establishes DST as the official time year-round.
	HB 3527 2021	Zalewski (D-23)	Pending
	HB 2982 2021	Morrison (R-54)	Pending
	HR 118 2021	Sosnowski (R-69)	Pending	Urges Congress to enact permanent DST.
Iowa	SF 8 2021	Zaun (R-20)	Pending	Establishes DST as the official time in the state throughout the year.
Iowa	SF 335 2021	Senate State Government Committee	Pending	Establishes DST as the official time in the state throughout the year. Takes effect when the states of Illinois, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, South Dakota and Wisconsin have all adopted DST as the official time throughout the year or enacted legislation substantially similar to this bill prior to July 1, 2031.
Kansas	HB 2060 2021	House Federal and State Affairs Committee	Pending	Establishes DST as the official time year-round, subject to congressional authorization.
Kansas	HCR 5008 2021	Francis (R-125)	Pending	Urges Congress to extend DST throughout the year for the whole nation.
Maine	LD 826 (2021)	Bennett (R-19)	Enacted	Directs the University of Maine system to study the potential effects of the state adopting Atlantic Standard Time.
Maryland	HB 1013 2021	Crosby (D-29B)	Failed	Establishes DST as the official time year-round, subject to congressional authorization. Makes the law contingent on similar legislation being enacted by all of the states and the District of Columbia.
Maryland	SB 840 2021	Ready (R-5)	Failed	Establishes DST as the official time year-round, subject to congressional authorization.
Massachusetts	SB 2073 (2021)	Keenan (D-Norfolk; Plymouth)	Pending	Establishes Atlantic Standard Time as the standard time and exempts the state from the change to DST.
Michigan	HB 4052 2021	Hoitenga (R-102)	Pending	Establishes DST as the official time year-round, subject to congressional authorization. Becomes effective upon similar laws passed regarding permanently observing DST in Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin.
Michigan	SB 231 (2021)	Irwin (D-18)	Pending	Establishes DST as the official time year-round. Becomes effective subject to congressional authorization and when Wisconsin, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio and Pennsylvania have adopted year-round DST observance.
Minnesota	SF 2a 2021	Kiffmeyer (R-30)	Enacted (6/30/21)	Provides for advanced standard time, also known as DST, year-round effective upon authorization by federal law.
	HF 72 2021	Freiberg (DFL-45B)	Pending	Establishes DST as the official time year-round, subject to congressional authorization.
	SF 149 2021	Kiffmeyer (R-30)	Pending
	SF 1831 (2021)	Kiffmeyer (R-30)	Failed	Authorizes the state to observe advanced standard time year-round.
Mississippi	SCR 506 2021	Blackwell (R-19)	Adopted	Expresses the intent of the Mississippi Legislature to observe DST year-round.
	HB 269 2021	Zuber (R-113)	Failed	Establishes DST as the official time year-round, subject to congressional authorization.
	HB 494 2021	Byrd (R-104)	Failed
	HB 1062 2021	Arnold (R-3)	Failed
	HCR 28 2021	Arnold (R-3)	Failed	Urges Congress to enact legislation to allow states to observe DST year-round.
Missouri	HB 617 2021	Rogers (D-18)	Failed	Establishes the “Daylight Saving as New Standard Time Pact,” consisting of Missouri and any other state desiring to abstain from observing DST. Provides that in the year in which at least 20 states have passed legislation entering those states into the Daylight Saving as New Standard Time Pact, each state shall switch clocks to daylight saving for the last time and DST shall be eliminated.
	HB 780 2021	Rogers (D-18)	Failed	States that Missouri will observe Central Standard Time and not DST regardless of what federal law requires.
	HB 822 2021	O’Donnell (R-95)	Failed	Establishes the Daylight Saving as New Standard Time Pact, consisting of Missouri and any other state seeking to change permanently to DST. Exempts the state from DST provisions under federal law. Provides that in the year in which two states bordering Missouri join the pact, each state will permanently change its clocks to DST, and this time will become the standard time.
	HB 848 2021	Sander (R-33)	Failed	Establishes the Daylight Saving as New Standard Time Pact, consisting of this state and any other state desiring to abstain from observation of daylight saving time. Exempts the state from DST provisions under federal law. Provides that in the year in which a majority of states bordering Missouri have passed legislation entering those states into the pact, each state will switch clocks to daylight saving for the last time and DST will be eliminated.
Montana	HB 254 (2021)	McNally (D)	Enacted (5/10/21)	Authorizes year-round Mountain Daylight Time contingent on approval by U.S. DOT or Congress and similar action in other states. Exempts the state and its political subdivisions from Mountain Standard Time
Montana	HB 538 2021	Duram (R-2)	Failed	Provides that the state is exempt from the provisions of the federal Uniform Time Act that establish DST.
Nebraska	LB 283 2021	Briese (NP-41)	Pending	Establishes DST as the official time year-round, subject to congressional authorization or any order of the U.S. secretary of transportation or are no longer in conflict with the laws of the United States or any order of the U.S. secretary of transportation and if three adjacent states adopt laws for a single year-round standard of time.
Nevada	SB 153 (2021)	Hardy (R-12)	Failed	To the extent not inconsistent with federal law or if otherwise authorized by federal law, the state of Nevada and all political subdivisions thereof shall observe Pacific Daylight Time as the standard time for the entire calendar year.
New Hampshire	HB 85 2021	Yokela (R-Rockingham 33)	Failed	Provides that New Hampshire will use Atlantic Standard Time throughout the calendar year if Massachusetts and Maine also move to AST.
New Jersey	SB 420 2020	Turner (D-15)	Failed Adjourned	Establishes DST as the official time year-round, subject to congressional authorization.
New Jersey	AB 3868 2020	Wimberly (D-35)	Failed Adjourned
New Mexico	SB 102 2021	Pirtle (R-32)	Failed-Adjourned	Establishes DST as the official time year-round, subject to congressional authorization.
New Mexico	SM 27 (2021)	Pirtle (R-32)	Failed-Adjourned	Urges Congress to support permanent DST nationwide.
New York	SB 1876 2021	Skoufis (D-39)	Pending	Directs the secretary of state to develop and submit an application to the federal government requesting that New York observe Atlantic Standard Time. Becomes effective upon the passage of similar legislation in Connecticut, New Jersey and Pennsylvania regarding a switch to Atlantic Standard Time.
	AB 3837 2021	Vanel (D-33)	Pending	Establishes a task force on DST to study the effects of New York opting out of DST.
	SB 3813 2021	Griffo (R-47)	Pending	Establishes DST as the official time year-round, subject to congressional authorization.
	AB 5791 2021	Morinello (R-145)	Pending	Provides that the state is exempt from the provisions of the federal Uniform Time Act that establish DST. Takes effect Jan. 1, 2024.
	AB 7258 (2021)	Zebrowski (D-096)	Pending	Directs the secretary of state to develop and submit an application to the federal government requesting that New York observe Atlantic Standard Time. The law would only take effect if Connecticut, New Jersey and Pennsylvania pass similar legislation.
North Carolina	SB 39 2021	Sawyer (R-34)	Pending	Establishes DST as the official time year-round, subject to congressional authorization.
North Carolina	HB 307 (2021)	Saine (R-97)	Pending
North Dakota	HB 1321 2021	Devlin (R-23)	Failed	Would have exempted the state from establishing DST.
	SB 2201 2021	Heitkamp (R-26)	Failed	Establishes DST as the official time year-round, subject to congressional authorization. Becomes effective subject to congressional authorization and when Minnesota, Montana and South Dakota each have commenced the observance of DST year-round as the standard time.
	HB 1371 2021	Devlin (R-23)	Failed
Ohio	SCR 8 2020	Roegner (R-27)	Enacted	Urges Congress to enact the Sunshine Protection Act, which would permanently extend daylight saving time.
Oklahoma	SB 381 2021	Boren (D-16)	Pending	Establishes DST as the official time year-round, subject to congressional authorization.
	HB 1660 2021	West (R-54)	Pending	Establishes DST as the official time year-round. States the standard time in Oklahoma shall be known as Central Daylight Time.
	SB 843 2021	Stephens (R-3)	Pending
Pennsylvania	HB 335 2021	Mackenzie (R-134)	Pending	Establishes DST as the official time year-round, subject to congressional authorization.
	HB 846 (2021)	Diamond (R-102)	Pending	Prohibits the use of DST.
	SB 384 (2021)	Boscola (D-18)	Pending
	SR 36 (2021)	Martin (R-13)	Pending	Urges Congress to extend DST throughout the year across the country.
South Carolina	HB 3111 2021	Chumley (R-35)	Pending	Establishes DST as the official time year-round. Directs the state’s attorney general to request a federal waiver from the U.S. secretary of transportation.
South Dakota	HB 1214 2021	Hoffman (R-23)	Failed	Establishes DST as the official time year-round, subject to congressional authorization.
Texas	SJR 13 2021	Zaffirini (D-21)	Failed	Proposes a constitutional amendment abolishing DST in the state.
	HB 1405 2021	Larson (R-122)	Failed	Authorizes a statewide referendum allowing voters to indicate a preference for observing standard time year-round or observing DST year-round.
	SB 471 2021	Menendez (D-26)	Failed
	HJR 78 2021	Larson (R-122)	Failed	Proposes a constitutional amendment authorizing a statewide referendum allowing voters to indicate a preference for observing standard time year-round or observing DST year-round.
	SJR 30 2021	Menendez (D-26)	Failed
	HB 1896 2021	Schofield (R-132)	Failed	Establishes DST as the official time year-round, subject to congressional authorization.
	HJR 94 2021	Schofield (R-132)	Failed	Proposes a constitutional amendment requiring the state to observe DST-round, if authorized by federal law.
	HB 73 a (2021)	Schofield (R-132)	Failed	Requires the state, acting as authorized under federal law, to observe DST year-round. Applies to portions of state using central standard time and mountain standard time.
	HJR 3 a (2021)	Schofield (R-132)	Failed	Proposes a constitutional amendment requiring the state to observe daylight saving time year-round.
	HB 123 c 2021	Larson (R-122)	Failed	Relates to observing standard time year-round or observing daylight saving time year-round based on the results of a statewide referendum.
	HJR 17 c (2021)	Larson (R-122)	Failed	Proposes a constitutional amendment relating to observing standard time year-round or observing daylight saving time year-round based on the results of a statewide referendum.
Vermont	HB 168 2021	Burditt (R-Rutland-2)	Pending	Exempts the state from observing DST. Becomes effective on Jan. 1 of the year following the adoption of year-round “U.S. Eastern Standard Time” in Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire and Rhode Island.
Virginia	HJR 541 2021	McNamara (R-8)	Failed	Requests the commonwealth’s secretary of commerce and trade to study the effects of DST on the commonwealth.
Wyoming	HB 71 2021	Bear (R-31)	Failed	Provides the year-round observed time of the state is Mountain Standard Time. Exempts all areas of the state from Mountain Daylight Time.

In the last three years, 13 states have enacted legislation to provide for year-round daylight saving time, if Congress were to allow such a change, and in some cases, if surrounding states enact the same legislation. Full-time DST is not currently allowed by federal law and would require an act of Congress to make a change.

In 2020, at least 32 states considered 86 pieces of legislation, and seven states—Georgia, Idaho, Louisiana, Ohio, South Carolina, Utah and Wyoming—enacted legislation. All of these would establish DST as the official time year-round, subject to an authorizing federal law and in some cases contingent on surrounding states enacting the same legislation.

The map shows enacted bills in 2020.

Six states—Illinois, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Jersey, New York and Ohio—considered 20 pieces of legislation related to Daylight Saving Time (DST), including “carryover” bills from 2019 and 2020 introductions. Additionally, at least three states—Arkansas, South Carolina and Texas— pre-filed legislation for 2021 related to DST.

Daylight Saving Time 2019 and 2020 Laws, Bills and Resolutions
State	Bill Number	Prime Sponsor	Status	Summary
Alabama	HB 215 (2020)	Weaver	Failed-Adjourned	Establishes DST as the official time year-round, subject to congressional authorization.
Arkansas	HB 1017 (2021)	Rye	Pre-filed	Establishes DST as the official time year-round, subject to congressional authorization.
Alaska	HB 43 2019	Rauscher	Failed-Adjourned	Creates an exemption from federal law regarding observation of DST. Provides that the Alaska Legislature petitions the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) to hold public hearings in the state on: Changing time zones. Or Placing the state within the “Pacific Standard Time Zone.”
	HB 173 2019	Eastman	Failed-Adjourned	Establishes DST as the official time year-round, subject to an authorizing federal law.
	HB 292 2020	Ortiz	Failed-Adjourned	Establishes DST as the official time year-round, subject to an authorizing federal law.
California	AB 7 2019	Chu	Failed	Establishes DST as the official time year-round, subject to an authorizing federal law.
California	AJR 33 2020	Chu	Failed	Urges Congress and the President to enact legislation that would allow a state to adopt DST year-round.
Colorado	SB 105 2020	Scott	Failed-Adjourned	Establishes DST as the official time year-round, subject to congressional authorization.
Colorado	SM 1 2020	Bridges and Scott	Failed-Adjourned	Urges Congress to repeal the federal law establishing the annual advancement of time known as “Daylight Saving Time” and leave the U.S. on standard time year-round.
Georgia	HR 1240 2020	Cantrell	Adopted (3/9/2020)	Urges the federal government to allow states to switch to permanent DST.
	SB 351 2020	Watson	Failed Adjourned	Directs the Secretary of State to conduct a referendum asking voters to select one of the following at the next general election: N. 1. The state shall continue to observe the current system of switching between standard time and DST twice a year. N. 2. The state shall not observe DST. N. 3. The state shall observe DST year-round if authorized by Congress.
	HB 628 2019	Cantrell	Failed-Adjourned	Creates an exemption from federal law regarding observation of DST. Provides that the state shall observe the standard time of the United States.
	HB 630 2019	Cantrell	Failed-Adjourned	Establishes DST as the official time year-round, subject to congressional authorization.
	HB 709 2019	Cantrell	Failed-Adjourned	Directs the state Secretary of State to conduct a referendum asking voters to select one of the following at the next general election: N. 1. The state shall continue to observe the current system of switching between standard time and DST twice a year. N. 2. The state shall observe standard time year-round. N. 3. The state shall observe daylight saving time year-round if authorized by Congress.
Idaho	SB 1267 2020	State Affairs Committee (Chair Lodge)	2020 Idaho Sess. Laws, Ch. 145	Provides that if the state of Washington establishes DST as the permanent time of the state, then those areas in the state of Idaho that are in the “Pacific Time Zone” shall also make DST their permanent time.
	SB 1386 2020	State Affairs Committee (Chair Lodge)	Failed-Adjourned	States that areas of Idaho in the “Mountain Time Zone” will follow “Mountain Daylight Saving Time” year-round at such time Utah establishes DST as the permanent time of the state.
	HB 358 2020	State Affairs Committee (Chair Lodge)	Failed-Adjourned	Creates an exemption from federal law regarding observation of DST.
Illinois	SB 533 2019	Manar	Failed-Adjourned	Establishes DST as the official time year-round. Specifies that such time shall be established, “notwithstanding how time is advanced pursuant to the federal Uniform Time Act of 1966.”
	HB 3837 2019	Skillicorn	Failed-Adjourned	Establishes DST as the official time year-round. Specifies that such time shall be established, “notwithstanding how time is advanced pursuant to the federal Uniform Time Act of 1966.”
	HB 3821 2019	Grant	Failed-Adjourned	Creates an exemption from federal law regarding observation of DST.
	HB 4935 2020	Welter	Failed-Adjourned	Creates an exemption from federal law regarding observation of DST.
	HB 4219 2020	Sosnowski	Failed-Adjourned	Establishes DST as the official time year-round.
	HR 750 2020	Sosnowski	Failed-Adjourned	Urges Congress to enact permanent DST.
Iowa	SF 2020 2020	Bolkcom	Failed-Adjourned	Establishes “Central Standard Time” as the official time year-round.
	SF 2077 2020	Zaun	Failed-Adjourned	Establishes DST as the official time year-round.
	HF 2059 2020	Sexton	Failed-Adjourned	Establishes DST as the official time year-round.
	SF 2282 2020	State Government Committee (Chair Smith)	Failed-Adjourned	Establishes DST as the official time year-round.
	HF 2560 2020	State Government Committee (Chair Smith)	Failed-Adjourned	Establishes DST as the official time year-round.
	HF 71 2019	Sexton	Failed-Adjourned	Establishes DST as the official time year-round.
Kansas	HB 2422 2020	Williams	Failed-Adjourned	Establishes “Central Daylight Saving Time” as the official time year-round. Directs the state Secretary of State to monitor the enactment of any federal law that permits the year-round observation of “Central DST.”
Kansas	HB 2008 2019	Williams	Failed-Adjourned	Creates an exemption from federal law regarding observation of DST.
Kentucky	HB 19 2020	Rowland	Failed-Adjourned	Establishes DST as the official time year-round, subject to congressional authorization. Directs the state Secretary of Transportation to monitor federal legislation and to certify the date of any legislation authorizing states to observe DST on a year-round basis.
	HCR 53 2020	Reed	Failed-Adjourned	Urges Congress to allow states to permanently adopt DST.
	HB 352 2020	Rudy	Amendment Failed	Establishes DST as the official time year-round.
Louisiana	HB 132 2020	Horton	Enacted (6/9/2020)	Establishes DST as the official time year-round, subject to an authorizing federal law.
Louisiana	HB 134 2020	Mack	Failed-Adjourned	Establishes DST as the official time year-round, subject to an authorizing federal law.
Maine	HP 659 2019	Bailey	Enacted	This bill requires the State to observe so-called eastern daylight saving time year-round if the United States Congress authorizes states to do so.
Maryland	SB 517 2020	Ready	Failed-Adjourned	Establishes DST as the official time year-round, subject to an authorizing federal law.
Maryland	HB 1610 2020	Crosby	Failed-Adjourned	Establishes DST as the official time year-round, subject to an authorizing federal law.
Massachusetts	SB 1869 2019	Jehlen	Failed-Adjourned	Directs the Governor to annually issue a proclamation setting apart the second week of March as “Massachusetts Sleep Awareness Week,” and the Sunday at the beginning of “Daylight Savings Time,” and recommend that such week be properly observed as a period of special attention to the problems of sleep deprivation and fatigue.
	HB 2766 2019	Provost	Failed-Adjourned	Directs the Governor to annually issue a proclamation setting apart the second week of March as “Massachusetts Sleep Awareness Week,” and the Sunday at the beginning of “Daylight Savings Time,” and recommend that such week be properly observed as a period of special attention to the problems of sleep deprivation and fatigue.
	SB 1870 2019	Keenan	Failed-Adjourned	Creates an exemption from federal law regarding observation of DST. Specifies that the standard time within the state shall be the time known and designated by federal law as “Atlantic Standard Time.”
Michigan	HB 4303 2019	Hoitenga	Failed-Adjourned	Creates an exemption from federal law regarding observation of DST. Directs the Governor to petition U.S. DOT to place the state within the “Eastern Standard Time Zone.”
Minnesota	SF 475 2019	Kiffemeyer	Failed-Adjourned	Creates an exemption from federal law regarding observation of DST.
	SF 1416 2019	Kiffemeyer	Failed-Adjourned	Establishes DST as the official time year-round, subject to an authorizing federal law.
	HF 1397 2019	Freiberg	Failed-Adjourned	Establishes DST as the official time year-round, subject to an authorizing federal law.
	SF 2896 2019	Kiffemeyer	Failed-Adjourned	Urges the President and Congress of the United States to adopt the federal Sunshine Protection Act, which would make DST the permanently established time year-round.
Mississippi	SB 2041 2020	Blackwell	Failed	Creates the “Mississippi Daylight Protection Act,” providing legislative intent that DST shall be the year-round standard time for the entire state, subject to congressional authorization.
	HB 230 2020	Zuber	Failed	Establishes DST as the official time year-round, subject to an authorizing federal law.
	HB 430 2020	Arnold	Failed	Establishes DST as the official time year-round, subject to an authorizing federal law.
	HB 787 2020	Newman	Failed	Establishes DST as the official time year-round, subject to an authorizing federal law.
	HB 514 2020	Ladner	Failed	Creates an exemption from federal law regarding observation of DST.
	HCR 17 2020	Arnold	Failed	Urges Congress to allow states to enact legislation that that would establish DST as the standard time throughout the calendar year.
	SCR 562	Blackwell	Failed	Expresses the intent of the legislature that DST shall be the year-round standard time.
Missouri	HB 1356 2020	Remole	Failed-Adjourned	Establishes the “Daylight Saving as New Standard Time Pact,” consisting of Missouri and any other state seeking to permanently change DST to a new standard time. Provides that in the year in which at least 20 states passed legislation, each state will switch clocks to DST for the last time and DST will be eliminated. Creates an exemption from federal law regarding observation of DST. Specifies that the time known as “DST” will be the standard time.
Nebraska	LB 1015 2020	Briese	Failed-Adjourned	Establishes DST as the official time year-round, subject to congressional authorization or an approval from U.S. DOT and if two (2) other states enact a single standard of time year-round.
New Jersey	SB 420 2020	Turner	Pending	Establishes DST as the official time year-round, subject to congressional authorization. Provides that the standing time of the state shall be considered “Eastern Daylight Time.”
New Jersey	AB 3868 2020	Wimberly	Pending	Establishes DST as the official time year-round, subject to congressional authorization. Provides that the standing time of the state shall be considered “Eastern Daylight Time.”
New Mexico	SB 272 2020	Pirtle	Failed-Adjourned	Creates the “Interstate-Interjurisdiction Mountain Time Zone Permanent Daylight Saving Time Compact (Compact).” Outlines eligibility to join the Compact, including designating an official of notice in each member’s enacting statute. Establishes “Mountain Daylight Saving Time” as the official time year-round.
New York	SB 9077 2020	Griffo	Failed-Adjourned	Establishes DST as the official time year-round, subject to congressional authorization.
	SB 7080 2020	Skoufis	Failed-Adjourned	Establishes “Atlantic Time” as the official time year-round.
	SB 7230 2020	Little	Failed-Adjourned	Establishes DST as the official time year-round. Specifies that such time shall be established, “notwithstanding how time is advanced pursuant to the federal Uniform Time Act of 1966.”
	SB 3928 2019	Seward	Failed-Adjourned	Establishes a DST Task Force to study the effects of the state opting out of DST.
	AB 1690 2019	Vanel	Failed-Adjourned	Establishes a DST Task Force to study the effects of the state opting out of DST.
	AB 6622 2019	Morinello	Failed-Adjourned	Creates an exemption from federal law regarding observation of DST. Prohibits political subdivisions and state entities from using any other standard time.
North Carolina	HB 350 2019	Saine	Failed-Adjourned	Establishes DST as the official time year-round, subject to congressional authorization.
Ohio	SB 119 2019	Roegner and Peterson	Failed-Adjourned	Creates an exemption from federal law regarding observation of DST. Prohibits courts, public offices, state entities and political subdivisions from using any other standard time.
Ohio	SCR 8 2019	Roegner and Peterson	Adopted	Urges Congress to enact the federal Sunshine Protection Act, which would permanently extend DST nationwide.
Oklahoma	HB 2868 2020	Pae	Failed-Adjourned	Creates an exemption from federal law regarding observation of DST. Establishes “Central Standard Time” as the official time year-round.
	HB 3878 2020	Brewer	Failed-Adjourned	Creates an exemption from federal law regarding observation of DST. Establishes “Central Standard Time” as the official time year-round.
	HB 1117 2019	West	Failed-Adjourned	Creates an exemption from federal law regarding observation of DST. Provides that the state elects to use “Central Standard Time” as the official time year-round.
Pennsylvania	SB 774 2019	Boscola	Failed-Adjourned	Provides that the uniform legal standard time of the Commonwealth shall be “Atlantic Standard Time” and that DST shall not be used.
	SR 179 2019	Martin	Failed-Adjourned	Urges Congress to extend DST throughout the entire year across the country.
	HB 825 2019	Diamond	Failed-Adjourned	Provides that the uniform standard time of the Commonwealth shall be “Eastern Standard Time” and that DST shall not be used as a standard of time.
	HB 1462 2019	Mackenzie	Failed-Adjourned	Establishes DST as the official time year-round, subject to congressional authorization.
South Carolina	SB 11 2019	Peeler	2020 S.C. Act 113 (2/7/2020)	Provides that the South Carolina General Assembly intends for DST to be used as the year-round official time of the state, subject to congressional authorization.
	HB 3111 2021	Chumley	Pre-filed	Establishes DST as the official time year-round, Directs the state’s attorney general to request a waiver from U.S. DOT. If such a waiver is denied, the law would become null and void ten days later.
	HB 3335 2019	Clemmons	Failed-Adjourned	Provides that the South Carolina General Assembly intends for DST to be used as the year-round official time of the state, subject to congressional authorization.
	HB 4658 2020	Chumley	Failed-Adjourned	Refers a ballot question asking, “Do you favor the Attorney General of South Carolina requesting a waiver from the United States Secretary of Transportation in order to permit and approve South Carolina to observe daylight saving time year-round and no longer observe standard time?” If approved by voters, directs the state Attorney General to request a waiver from U.S. DOT to permit the state to observe DST year-round.
	HB 3018 2019	Clemmons	Failed-Adjourned	Urges Congress to extend observation of DST on a year-round basis.
	HB 3246 2019	Chumley	Failed-Adjourned	Establishes DST as the official time year-round. Directs the state Attorney General to request a waiver from U.S. DOT, providing, however, that the provisions nullify if the waiver is not approved.
South Dakota	HB 1085 2020	Greenfield	Failed	Establishes DST as the official time year-round, subject to an authorizing federal law.
Texas	SJR 13 2021	Zaffirini	Pre-filed	Abolishes DST in the state, effective Nov. 6, 2022. Takes effect on the adoption of the constitutional amendment by the voters.
Utah	SB 59 2020	Harper	Enacted (3/28/2020)	Subject to congressional authorization to allow states to observe DST year-round, places the state on “Mountain Daylight Time.” Contains a contingent effective date by specifying that at least four other western states (e.g., Arizona, California, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Washington or Wyoming) must also enact similar legislation.
Vermont	HB 559 2020	Yacovone	Failed-Adjourned	Creates an exemption from federal law regarding observation of DST, providing that the standard time shall be, “U.S. Standard Eastern Time.”
Vermont	HB 10 2019	Young	Failed-Adjourned	Establishes DST as the official time year-round, subject to congressional authorization. Provides that the new time may be designated as, “U.S. Eastern Daylight Saving Time.”
Washington	HB 1196 (2019)	House Cmte on Appropriations	Enacted (5/8/19)	Allows for the observation of year-round DST if federal law changes to allow the state to do so.
	SB 5139 2019	Honeyford	Failed-Adjourned	Establishes DST as the official time year-round, subject to congressional authorization. Requires a review of the potential impact the time zone has on communities to determine if the state should seek authorization from U.S. DOT to be in “Mountain Standard Time” on a year-round basis.
	SB 5140 2019	Honeyford	Failed-Adjourned	Provides that if Congress amends the law to allow states to observe DST year-round, it is the intent of the Washington Legislature that DST will be the official year-round standard of time. Requires a review of the impacts the state time zone and DST have on commerce.
	SB 5250 2019	Mullet	Failed-Adjourned	Establishes DST as the official time year-round, subject to both congressional authorization and approval by voters at the next general election.
West Virginia	SB 106 2020	Cline	Failed-Adjourned	Establishes DST as the official time year-round.
Wyoming	HB 44 2020	Laursen	2020 Wyo. Sess. Laws, Ch. 134	Establishes DST as the official time year-round, subject to congressional authorization and enactment of laws in at least four “western states” (Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota, Utah and Wyoming) to place all or a portion of the state on year-round DST. Exempts the state from “Mountain Standard Time.” Requires the governor to inform the management council of the legislature regarding the date the bill takes effect.

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