Bill Details
HR.1630 - 119th Congress
Status
Latest action
2025-02-26 - Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Introduced Date
2025-02-26
Policy Area
Science, Technology, Communications
Committees
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Sponsors
6
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This bill would let states choose to stay on daylight saving time all year instead of changing clocks twice a year. In simple terms, a state could decide by its own law to keep the clocks moved forward for the full year. The bill updates an older time law so states would have more flexibility in how they use standard time or daylight saving time.
- States could choose year-round daylight saving time if they pass a state law to do so.
- The bill changes the Uniform Time Act of 1966, which is the main federal law that sets daylight saving time rules.
- A state could apply this choice to the whole state, and in some cases to the part of the state within a time zone.
- The bill does not force states to make the change; it only gives them the option.
Official Summaries
This bill allows states to observe daylight saving time year-round. (States may already choose to observe standard time year-round.)
Current Full Text
[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1630 Introduced in House (IH)]
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119th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 1630
To allow States to elect to observe year-round daylight saving time,
and for other purposes.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
February 26, 2025
Mr. Rogers of Alabama introduced the following bill; which was referred
to the Committee on Energy and Commerce
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A BILL
To allow States to elect to observe year-round daylight saving time,
and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. OPTIONAL YEAR-ROUND APPLICATION OF DAYLIGHT SAVING TIME.
Section 3(a) of the Uniform Time Act of 1966 (15 U.S.C. 260a) is
amended--
(1) by inserting ``or may by law apply the advancement of
time described in this section for the duration of the year,''
after ``may by law exempt itself from the provisions of this
subsection providing for the advancement of time,'';
(2) by striking ``the standard time otherwise applicable
during that period'' and inserting ``the same standard time'';
(3) by striking ``may by law exempt either the entire State
as provided in (1) or'' and inserting ``, by law, may apply
either standard time provided for in paragraph (1) to the
entire State,''; and
(4) by inserting ``, or may apply the advancement of time
for the duration of the year to the entire area of the State
lying within any time zone'' before the period at the end.
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