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HB41 • 2026

PERMANENT DAYLIGHT SAVING TIME

An Act relating to daylight saving time; and providing for an effective date.

Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor
REPRESENTATIVES ALLARD BY REQUEST, Burke, McCabe
Last action
2026-03-31
Official status
(H) STA
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The official text states the bill passed both chambers but does not confirm if it was signed into law or vetoed.

HB41: Permanent Daylight Saving Time

This bill would make Alaska stay on daylight saving time all year, but only if federal law changes by December 31, 2031.

What This Bill Does

  • Sets the official time for the state and its political subdivisions to be one hour ahead of standard time every day of the year.
  • Requires the Attorney General to tell the Revisor of Statutes if federal law changes to allow permanent daylight saving time.
  • States that this change only happens if Congress passes a law allowing it by December 31, 2031.
  • Sets the start date for the new rule as the first Sunday in November after the federal law takes effect.

Who It Names or Affects

  • The State of Alaska and its political subdivisions
  • The Attorney General
  • The Revisor of Statutes

Terms To Know

Daylight saving time
A practice where clocks are set one hour ahead to extend evening daylight.
Conditional effect
A rule that only becomes active if a specific event, like a federal law change, happens first.

Limits and Unknowns

  • The bill does not take effect unless the U.S. Congress changes federal laws to allow it.
  • There is no set start date until and unless the required federal law passes by December 31, 2031.

Bill History

  1. 2026-03-31 Text

    (H) Heard & Held

  2. 2026-03-31 Text

    (H) STATE AFFAIRS at 03:15 PM GRUENBERG 120

  3. 2026-03-30 2005

    (H) COSPONSOR REMOVED: VANCE

  4. 2026-03-27 1978

    (H) COSPONSOR(S): MCCABE

  5. 2026-02-11 1603

    (H) COSPONSOR REMOVED: GRAY

  6. 2025-02-03 124

    (H) COSPONSOR(S): BURKE

  7. 2025-01-22 41

    (H) REFERRED TO STATE AFFAIRS

  8. 2025-01-22 41

    (H) STA, FIN

  9. 2025-01-22 41

    (H) READ THE FIRST TIME - REFERRALS

  10. 2025-01-22 41

    (H) PREFILE RELEASED 1/17/25

Official Summary Text

PERMANENT DAYLIGHT SAVING TIME
An Act relating to daylight saving time; and providing for an effective date.

Current Bill Text

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HOUSE BILL NO. 41

IN THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA

THIRTY-FOURTH LEGISLATURE - SECOND SESSION

BY REPRESENTATIVES ALLARD BY REQUEST, Burke, McCabe

Introduced: 1/22/25
Referred: State Affairs, Finance

A BILL

FOR AN ACT ENTITLED

"An Act relating to daylight saving time; and providing for an effective date." 1
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA: 2
* Section 1. AS 44.12 is amended by adding a new section to read: 3
Article 5. Standard Time. 4
Sec. 44.12.400. Daylight saving time. The time of the state and its political 5
subdivisions throughout the calendar year is Alaska standard time as indicated under 6
15 U.S.C. 261 and 263, advanced by one hour. 7
* Sec. 2. The uncodified law of the State of Alaska is amended by adding a new section to 8
read: 9
DUTY OF ATTORNEY GENERAL TO NOTIFY REVISOR OF STATUTES. The 10
attorney general shall notify the revisor of statutes if federal law is amended to allow the state 11
to observe daylight saving time throughout the calendar year. 12
* Sec. 3. The uncodified law of the State of Alaska is amended by adding a new section to 13
read: 14
CONDITIONAL EFFECT. Section 1 of this Act takes effect only if the United States 15
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Congress amends federal law on or before December 31, 2031, to allow a state to observe 1
daylight saving time throughout the calendar year. 2
* Sec. 4. If sec. 1 of this Act takes effect, it takes effect on the first Sunday in November 3
following the effective date of enactment of a federal law allowing the state to observe 4
daylight saving time throughout the calendar year, unless the effective date of the federal law 5
occurs after October 1 and before the first Sunday in November, then sec. 1 of this Act takes 6
effect on the first Sunday in November of the following year. 7