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AB81 • 2025
Exempts the State of Nevada from provisions of federal law relating to daylight saving time. (BDR 19-23)
AN ACT relating to time; exempting the State of Nevada from the provisions of federal law requiring daylight saving time; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Close title AN ACT relating to time; exempting the State of Nevada from the provisions of federal law requiring daylight saving time; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.
Passed Legislature
This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.
- Sponsor
- View 1 Primary Sponsors Close Primary Sponsors Assemblymember Selena La Rue Hatch
- Last action
- Official status
- (Pursuant to Joint Standing Rule No. 14.3.3, no further action allowed.) (See full list below)
- Effective date
- Not listed
Plain English Breakdown
The official source material does not specify if this act affects local government budgets or operations beyond stating there is no effect on local government. Therefore, it's included under 'limits_and_unknowns'.
Nevada Exempts Daylight Saving Time
This bill allows Nevada to remain on Pacific Standard Time all year without observing daylight saving time.
What This Bill Does
- Exempts Nevada from federal laws that require the state to observe daylight saving time.
Who It Names or Affects
Terms To Know
- Daylight Saving Time
- A practice where clocks are set one hour ahead during the summer months to make better use of daylight.
- Pacific Standard Time (PST)
- The standard time zone for Nevada, which does not change with daylight saving time.
Limits and Unknowns
- Does not affect local government budgets or operations.
- Does not provide financial support to local governments for any changes related to this act.
Amendments
These notes stay tied to the official amendment files and metadata from the legislature.
Plain English: Amendment 68 to AB81 changes the bill so that Nevada would remain exempt from federal daylight saving time rules and instead stay on Pacific Standard Time year-round, with the new law taking effect in January 2026.
- Changes the effective date of the exemption from federal daylight saving time provisions from January 1, 2025 to January 1, 2026.
- Clarifies that Nevada and its political subdivisions will observe Pacific Standard Time during the period when other states typically switch to daylight saving time.
- The amendment text does not provide additional details on how this change might affect neighboring states or federal regulations beyond the specified timeframe.
Bill History
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2024-12-09
Nevada Electronic Legislative Information System
(Pursuant to Joint Standing Rule No. 14.3.3, no further action allowed.) (See full list below)
Official Summary Text
Exempts the State of Nevada from provisions of federal law relating to daylight saving time. (BDR 19-23)
Current Bill Text
Read the full stored bill text
(Reprinted with amendments adopted on April 14, 2025)
FIRST REPRINT A.B. 81
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ASSEMBLY BILL NO. 81–ASSEMBLYMEMBERS LA RUE HATCH;
D’SILVA, EDGEWORTH, FLANAGAN, HUNT AND NGUYEN
PREFILED DECEMBER 9, 2024
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JOINT SPONSORS: SENATORS BUCK, ELLISON,
NGUYEN, STEINBECK, STONE AND TITUS
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Referred to Committee on Government Affairs
SUMMARY—Exempts the State of Nevada from provisions of
federal law relating to daylight saving time.
(BDR 19-23)
FISCAL NOTE: Effect on Local Government: No.
Effect on the State: No.
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EXPLANATION – Matter in bolded italics is new; matter between brackets [omitted material] is material to be omitted.
AN ACT relating to time; exempting the State of Nevada from the
provisions of federal law requiring daylight saving time;
and providing other matters properly relating thereto.
Legislative Counsel’s Digest:
Existing federal law requires the annual advancement of the standard time for 1
each time zone by 1 hour commencing at 2 a.m. on the second Sunday of March of 2
each year and ending at 2 a.m. on the first Sunday of November of each year, 3
commonly referred to as daylight saving time. (15 U.S.C. § 260a(a)) Under existing 4
federal law, a state may by state law exempt itself and its political subdivi sions 5
from the provisions requiring the advancement of time and observe the prescribed 6
standard time for the entire calendar year. (15 U.S.C. § 260a) 7
This bill exempts Nevada from the federal provisions requiring the observance 8
of daylight saving time. Ne vada would remain on Pacific Standard Time 9
throughout the entire year. 10
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THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEVADA, REPRESENTED IN
SENATE AND ASSEMBLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Chapter 234 of NRS is hereby amended by adding 1
thereto a new section to read as follows: 2
1. The State of Nevada exempts itself from the provisions of 3
15 U.S.C. § 260a(a) requiring the advancement of time during the 4
period commencing at 2 a.m. on the second Sunday of March of 5
each year and ending at 2 a.m. on the first Sunday of November of 6
each year, commonly known as daylight saving time. 7
2. During the period described in subsection 1, the State of 8
Nevada and all political subdivisions thereof shall observe the 9
standard time otherwise applicable for the time zone in which the 10
State is situated in accordance with the provisions of 15 U.S.C. §§ 11
260 et seq., the solar time of the 120th meridian west of 12
Greenwich, commonly known as Pacific Standard Time. 13
Sec. 2. This act becomes effective on January 1, 2026. 14
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