Exempts the State of Nevada from provisions of federal law relating to daylight saving time. (BDR 19-25)

S.B. 94

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SENATE BILL NO. 94–SENATOR TITUS

PREFILED JANUARY 13, 2025
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Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor

SUMMARY—Exempts the State of Nevada from provisions of
federal law relating to daylight saving time .
(BDR 19-25)

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 subdivisions 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. Nevada would remain on Pacific Standard Time 9
throughout the entire year. 10

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

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2. During the period described in subsection 1, the State of 1
Nevada and all political subdivisions thereof, shall observe the 2
standard time otherwise applicable for the time zone in which the 3
State is situated in accordance with the provisions of 15 U.S.C. §§ 4
260 et seq., the solar time of the 120th meridian west of 5
Greenwich, commonly known as Pacific Standard Time. 6
Sec. 2. This act becomes effective on July 1, 2025. 7

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