Time Zone Report

After a quiet second half of 2015, the new year gets off to a good start with 6 bills in 4 states already!Two bills in Florida propose to go to Year-Round DST, as well as one bill in Missouri.  Two states -- Michigan and Utah -- propose to stop doing DST.There's a second bill in Missouri proposing a US constitutional amendment to abolish DST nationwide.  Very interesting!Listen now to get all the details.Follow us on our web site and on Twitter.

A comprehensive summary of legislation relating to Daylight Saving Time including 31 bills in 21 states: Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, Florida, Idaho, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Massachusetts, Mississippi, Missouri, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Pennsylvania, South Dakota, Texas, Utah, and Washington.Note: Missouri was left off of the list of Year-Round DST states in the summary by legislation type.  And Arkansas House killed their bill Friday afternoon before podcast production started.A script of the podcast is available here on Slide Share.

Recap of last week’s activity, including: Idaho now has a DST bill, a second bill from Oregon, updated status for Missouri, Illinois and Washington.

I discuss Year-Round Daylight Saving Time, why no states can successfully implement this at this time, what’s stopping them, and what they can do about it.  I also cover the federal statute, and point you to it online.

New legislation from Oregon (SB 690), Missouri’s HJR 38 moves to the House Committee on Government Efficiency, Illinois’ HB 1562 moves to the House Executive Committee, and updates on the state of Washington’s three bills.