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3/18/2021

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March to November

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.

Background

State legislatures continue to grapple with the vexing and multifaceted state policy questions regarding the biannual changing of the clocks. Most all of the states have been active in legislation over the last several years that would either place the state on standard time permanently or make permanent daylight saving time (DST). Since 2015, at least 350 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 four years, 15 states have enacted legislation or passed a resolution 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. The 15 states are:

In 2020: Georgia (resolution), Idaho, Louisiana, Ohio, South Carolina, Utah and Wyoming.
In 2019: Arkansas, Delaware, Maine, Oregon, Tennessee and Washington.
In 2018: Florida (California voters authorized such a change in 2018, but legislative action is still pending).

States with Daylight Saving legislation.

Sun dial in City Park, Denver. The U.S. had daylight saving time (DST) 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 changing the dates of starting and ceasing DST. The current enactment was part of the Energy Policy Act of 2005. The U.S. Department of Transportation is the federal agency responsible for overseeing DST and the country’s time zones. All states but Hawaii and Arizona (except for 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 to do so but does not allow the permanent observance of DST.

The policy debate has many angles. Originally enacted as a way to save energy by giving more daylight in the evening hours, some studies have called into question the degree of energy savings. Other studies have shown negative impacts on people’s health and circadian rhythms because of time changes as well as a higher number of car crashes and workplace injuries in the days after a time change. The U.S. Department of Transportation website states that DST saves energy, saves lives and prevents traffic injuries and it reduces crime since people tend to be out and about more in daylight hours as opposed to the night when most crimes are committed.

It would seem that a primary complaint of those seeking a change from the current situation is the act of time switching itself, and the problems that it creates. Opinions are mixed on the benefits of daylight time versus standard time, but the actual March and November time changes are almost universally reviled because of all the accompanying adjustments that all of us make, like coming home from work in the dark and the slower-than-expected resetting of our internal time clocks. State legislatures have been active in bill introductions over the last several years that would place the state on either side of the issue, either staying on standard time permanently or making permanent day saving time.

State Legislation 2021

Legislation in 2021

So far in 2021, at least 28 states have considered 64 pieces of legislation addressing DST. 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.

So far in 2021, at least 28 states have introduced 63 pieces of legislation addressing Daylight Saving Time (DST). Additionally, at least 27 states are currently considering 59 pieces of DST-related legislation.

Daylight Saving Time 2021 Laws, Bills and Resolutions
State	Bill Number	Prime Sponsor	Status	Summary
Alabama	HB 321 (2021)	Kitchens (R-27)	Pending	Establishes DST as the official time 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)	Pending	Establishes DST as the official time year-round, subject to congressional authorization.
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)	Pending	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 the United States Congress to extend daylight savings time throughout the year for the whole nation.
Maryland	HB 1013 (2021)	Crosby (D-29B)	Pending	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.
Maryland	SB 840 (2021)	Ready (R-5)	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.
Minnesota	HF 72 (2021)	Freiberg (DFL-45B)	Pending	Establishes DST as the official time year-round, subject to congressional authorization.
Minnesota	SF 149 (2021)	Kiffmeyer (R-30)	Pending
Mississippi	SCR 506 (2021)	Blackwell (R-19)	Pending	Express 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)	Pending
	HCR 28 (2021)	Arnold (R-3)	Pending	Urges Congress to enact legislation to allow states to observe DST year-round.
Missouri	HB 617 (2021)	Rogers (D-18)	Pending	Establishes the “Daylight Saving as the 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)	Pending	States that Missouri will observe Central Standard Time and not DST regardless of what federal law requires.
	HB 822 (2021)	O’Donnell (R-95)	Pending	Establishes the “Daylight Saving as New Standard Time Pact” (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 their clocks to DST, and this time will become the Standard Time.
	HB 848 (2021)	Sander (R-33)	Pending	Establishes the “Daylight Saving as New Standard Time Pact” (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 538 (2021)	Duram (R-2)	Pending	Provides that the state is exempt from the provisions of the federal Uniform Time Act that establish DST.
Montana	SJR 17 (2021)	Bennett (D-50)	Pending	Urges Congress to enact legislation to allow states to observe DST year-round.
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.
New Hampshire	HB 85 (2021)	Yokela (R-Rockingham 33)	Pending	Provides that New Hampshire will use Atlantic Standard Time throughout the calendar year if Massachusetts and Maine also move to Atlantic Standard Time.
New Jersey	SB 420 (2020)	Turner (D-15)	Pending	Establishes DST as the official time year-round, subject to congressional authorization.
New Jersey	AB 3868 (2020)	Wimberly (D-35)	Pending
New Mexico	SB 102 (2021)	Pirtle (R-32)	Pending	Establishes DST as the official time year-round, subject to congressional authorization.
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.
North Carolina	SB 39 (2021)	Sawyer (R-34)	Pending	Establishes DST as the official time year-round, subject to congressional authorization.
North Dakota	HB 1321 (2021)	Devlin (R-23)	Failed	Would have exempted the state from establishing DST.
	SB 2201 (2021)	Heitkamp (R-26)	Pending	Establishes DST as the official time year-round, subject to congressional authorization.
	HB 1371 (2021)	Devlin (R-23)	Pending
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.
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)	Pending	Establishes DST as the official time year-round, subject to congressional authorization.
Texas	SJR 13 (2021)	Zaffirini (D-21)	Pending	Proposes a constitutional amendment abolishing DST in the state.
	HB 1405 (2021)	Larson (R-122)	Pending	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)	Pending
	HJR 78 (2021)	Larson (R-122)	Pending	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)	Pending
	HB 1896 (2021)	Schofield (R-132)	Pending	Establishes DST as the official time year-round, subject to congressional authorization.
	HJR 94 (2021)	Schofield (R-132)	Pending	Proposes a constitutional amendment requiring this state to observe DST-round, if authorized by federal law.
Vermont	HB 168 (2021)	Burditt (R-Rutland-2)	Pending	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	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)	Pending	Provides the year-round observed time of the state is mountain standard time. Exempts all areas of the state from mountain daylight time.

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State Legislation 2020

Daylight Saving Time 2020 Legislation

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.

State Legislation 2019 and 2020

State Legislation — Daylight Saving Time 2019 and 2020

Six states—Illinois, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Jersey, New York and Ohio—are currently considering 20 pieces of legislation related to Daylight Saving Time (DST), including “carryover” bills from 2019 and 2020 introductions. As of December 2020, 32 states have considered 86 pieces of legislation, and six states—Georgia, Idaho, Louisiana, South Carolina, Utah and Wyoming—enacted new laws. Additionally, at least three states—Arkansas, South Carolina and Texas—have pre-filed legislation that will be introduced in 2021 related to DST.

State Legislation—Daylight Saving Time 2019 and 2020
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.
	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.
	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.”
	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.
	HB 134 (2020)	Mack	Failed-Adjourned	Establishes DST as the official time year-round, subject to an authorizing federal law.
Maryland	SB 517 (2020)	Ready	Failed-Adjourned	Establishes DST as the official time year-round, subject to an authorizing federal law.
	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.”
	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.
	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.”
	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	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.

Additional Resources

More States Legislate on Permanent Daylight Time, NCSL Blog, March 2021
A Wrinkle in Time: Will Lawmakers End Our Clock-Changing Grind? State Legislatures Magazine, Oct. 2020
Is the Clock Running Out for Standard Time? Webinar, Oct. 2020
States Vote for More Daylight, March 6, 2020, NCSL Blog, March 2020
Time Passages: Could Clock-Switching Be on the Way Out?, NCSL Blog, Nov. 2019
Is Twilight Approaching for Daylight Saving Time? NCSL Blog, March 2018
Does Anybody Really Know What Time It Is on Daylight Saving Debate?, NCSL Blog, Nov. 2018
Full-Time Daylight Delight? State Legislatures Magazine, Nov.-Dec. 2018
Daylight Saving Time Crawls Back Into the Shadows on Sunday, NCSL Blog, Nov. 2017
To Save Daylight or Not to Save Daylight - That is the Timely Question, NCSL Blog, March 2017
Daylight Saving Time Debate Simmers, NCSL Blog, March 2016