Sponsor
Michael Dennis Rogers
Representative · R-AL
Representative · R-AL
The bill lets states pick consistent year‑round time locally—reducing clock‑change disruption inside states—but risks creating cross‑border scheduling confusion and added coordination costs for commuters, businesses, and transportation systems.
State governments can choose a single year‑round time (standard or daylight) for their state, giving residents and businesses within those states more consistent local time and reducing seasonal clock changes.
Residents, businesses, and local officials in states that span multiple time zones can adopt a single time approach for each time‑zone portion, improving local consistency inside each zone.
Residents and small businesses near state or time‑zone borders may face confusion and scheduling disruptions if neighboring states choose different year‑round time policies.
Workers and commuters who cross state lines for jobs or services may experience scheduling difficulties and potential lost hours if neighboring states adopt different year‑round time rules.
Transportation providers, broadcasters, and interstate businesses will likely incur coordination and compliance costs to update schedules, systems, and legal references when states make different time choices.
Based on analysis of 2 sections of legislative text.
Expands the Uniform Time Act to let a State adopt year‑round standard time or year‑round daylight saving time statewide, or separately for each full time‑zone portion of a State.
Official title: To allow States to elect to observe year-round daylight saving time, and for other purposes.
Introduced February 26, 2025 by Michael Dennis Rogers · Last progress February 26, 2025
Allows a State to choose either year-round standard time or year-round daylight saving time for the entire State, and lets States that span multiple time zones make that choice separately for each time‑zone portion of the State. The amendment changes the Uniform Time Act language to expand state options for adopting a single, consistent time approach statewide or by whole time‑zone areas within the State.