Alaska2026Passed Legislature
SB26
Alaska Bill to Stop Daylight Saving Time and Request a Time Zone Change
Last scannedSep 10, 2026, 12:32 AM
In one sentence
This bill stops Alaska from using daylight saving time and asks the federal government to move most of the state into Pacific Standard Time.
What it does
- Exempts all of Alaska from observing daylight saving time each year.
- Requires the entire state to stay on standard time during periods when other places switch clocks forward.
- Petitions the U.S. Department of Transportation to move areas east of longitude -155.00 W into Pacific Standard Time, with small changes allowed if nearby communities request them.
Who it affects
- Residents and businesses in Alaska
- The U.S. Department of Transportation
Limits and unknowns
- The request to change Alaska's time zone only happens if the U.S. Department of Transportation agrees.
- If the federal government does not move most of Alaska into Pacific Standard Time by January 1, 2028, that part of the bill is removed.
- Stopping daylight saving time will begin either when the new time zone takes effect or on March 11, 2028, whichever comes first.
Plain language
Terms to know
- Daylight saving time
- A practice where clocks are moved forward one hour to extend evening daylight.
- Standard time
- The regular, year-round clock setting for a specific region without seasonal changes.
Official record
Sources
Official summary
ELIMINATE DAYLIGHT SAVING TIME An Act petitioning the United States Department of Transportation to change the time zones of Alaska; exempting the state from daylight saving time; and providing for an effective date.
Official activity
Bill history
- (H) <Bill Hearing Canceled> -- Delayed to a Call of the Chair --Text
- (H) FINANCE at 09:00 AM ADAMS 519Text
- (H) Scheduled but Not Heard -- Delayed to 7:55 pm --Text
- (H) FINANCE at 06:00 PM ADAMS 519Text
- (H) Scheduled but Not Heard -- Delayed to a Call of the Chair --Text
- (H) FINANCE at 01:30 PM ADAMS 519Text
- (H) Scheduled but Not Heard -- Recessed to a Call of the Chair --Text
- (H) FINANCE at 09:00 AM ADAMS 519Text
- (H) REFERRED TO FINANCE2458
- (H) FN2: ZERO(GOV/COMBINED)2458
- (H) AM: VANCE, ST. CLAIR, HIMSCHOOT2458
- (H) NR: MCCABE, STORY, CARRICK2458
- (H) DP: HOLLAND2458
- (H) STA RPT HCS(STA) 1DP 3NR 3AM2458
- (H) Moved HCS SB 26(STA) Out of Committee -- Testimony <Invitation Only> --Text
- (H) STATE AFFAIRS at 03:15 PM GRUENBERG 120Text
- (H) Heard & HeldText
- (H) STATE AFFAIRS at 03:15 PM GRUENBERG 120Text
- (H) CROSS SPONSOR(S): VANCE2006
- (H) Heard & HeldText