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Version 00 · Introduced in House · Feb 26, 2025
This bill allows states to observe daylight saving time year-round. (States may already choose to observe standard time year-round.)
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Rep. Rogers, Mike D. [R-AL-3] · R–AL
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Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Introduced in House
Introduced in House
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Based on the full Introduced in House · 2025-02-26 text. This explanation has not received human editorial review. This overview describes the proposal’s major provisions; it does not establish what its real-world effects would be.
H.R. 1630 proposes allowing states to choose, through state law, to use daylight saving time throughout the year. Daylight saving time is the advancement of clocks described in the proposal. States could also choose year-round daylight saving time for their entire territory within a particular time zone. These would be state options, rather than a requirement for nationwide year-round daylight saving time.
1. Optional year-round application of daylight saving time
or may by law apply the advancement of time described in this section for the duration of the year,
, 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
The proposal would amend section 3(a) of the Uniform Time Act of 1966, adding the year-round daylight saving time option after existing language allowing a state to exempt itself from the clock-advancement requirement.
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,;
Two accompanying edits would change references to standard time. One replaces “the standard time otherwise applicable during that period” with “the same standard time.” The other replaces statewide exemption language with language allowing a state, by law, to apply either standard time referred to in paragraph (1) throughout the state.
(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,;
The added time-zone option would cover the entire area of a state within the selected time zone.
(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.
The supplied actions snapshot, updated December 5, 2025, records introduction in the House and referral to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce on February 26, 2025.
Source snapshot updated 2025-12-05T21:42:35Z. 2025-02-26: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. 2025-02-26: Introduced in House
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