Establishes the "Daylight Saving as New Standard Time Pact"

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Establishes the "Daylight Saving as New Standard Time Pact"

The following summaries of this bill are available: Print All Summaries Introduced Print SB 1326 - This act establishes the "Daylight Saving as New Standard Time Pact" consisting of Missouri and any other state desiring to permanently change daylight saving time to a new standard time.

What This Bill Does

• The following summaries of this bill are available: Print All Summaries Introduced Print SB 1326 - This act establishes the "Daylight Saving as New Standard Time Pact" consisting of Missouri and any other state desiring to permanently change daylight saving time to a new standard time.
• On the effective date of the act, Missouri will switch clocks to daylight saving time for the last time and daylight saving time will be eliminated.
• The time formerly known as daylight saving time will become standard time.
• If the federal government enforces current provisions of federal law, Missouri shall follow standard time.

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SB 1326 - This act establishes the "Daylight Saving as New Standard Time Pact" consisting of Missouri and any other state desiring to permanently change daylight saving time to a new standard time.

On the effective date of the act, Missouri will switch clocks to daylight saving time for the last time and daylight saving time will be eliminated. The time formerly known as daylight saving time will become standard time.

If the federal government enforces current provisions of federal law, Missouri shall follow standard time. If the federal government adopts daylight saving time as the new standard, then Missouri shall set clocks to conform with the new standard time.

This act is identical to SB 534 (2025) and HCS/HBs 1471 et al. (2024).
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Current Bill Text

SECOND REGULAR SESSION
SENATE BILL NO. 1326
103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
INTRODUCED BY SENATOR NICOLA.
5081S.01I KRISTINA MARTIN, Secretary
AN ACT
To amend chapter 1, RSMo, by adding thereto one new section relating to daylight saving time.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Missouri, as follows:
Section A. Chapter 1, RSMo, is amended by adding thereto 1
one new section, to be known as section 1.355, to read as 2
follows:3
1.355. 1. There is hereby established the "Daylight 1
Saving as New Standard Time Pact" consisting of this state 2
and any other state desiring to permanently change daylight 3
saving time to a new standard time. 4
2. The state of Missouri hereby exempts all areas of 5
the state from the daylight saving time provisions of 15 6
U.S.C. Section 260a, as amended. 7
3. On the effective date of this section, Missouri 8
will switch clocks to daylight saving time for the last time 9
and daylight saving time will be eliminated. The time 10
formerly known as daylight saving time will become standard 11
time. After this time, Missouri will no longer observe 12
daylight saving time. 13
4. Notwithstanding the provisions of subsections 2 and 14
3 of this section to the contrary: 15
(1) If the federal government enforces the provisions 16
of 15 U.S.C. Section 260a, the state of Missouri and all 17
SB 1326 2
political subdivisions thereof shall observe standard time; 18
or 19
(2) If the federal government adopts daylight saving 20
time as the new standard time, the state of Missouri shall 21
set clocks to conform with the new standard time. 22
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