HB0246 • 2023

Mountain standard time-2.

AN ACT relating to legal time; requiring the state to observe a time zone as specified; establishing a new uniform state time; repealing provisions; specifying a contingency; and providing for effective dates.

Inactive

Wyoming marks this bill as inactive, which usually means it is no longer moving in the current session.

Sponsor: Representative Ottman
Last action: 2023-02-07
Official status: inactive
Effective date: 3/1/2023

Plain English Breakdown

The official source does not provide specific details on the effective dates or contingency plans mentioned in the candidate explanation.

Wyoming Time Zone Act

This act sets mountain standard time as the official year-round time for Wyoming and its political subdivisions, eliminating the use of daylight saving time.

What This Bill Does

Sets mountain standard time as the legal time in Wyoming all year long.
Removes the requirement to observe daylight saving time in Wyoming.

Who It Names or Affects

The state of Wyoming and its political subdivisions.

Terms To Know

Mountain standard time: The official time used in the fourth time zone west of Greenwich, which does not change for daylight saving time.
Daylight saving time: A period during a year when mountain standard time is advanced one hour according to federal law.

Limits and Unknowns

The bill is marked as inactive, meaning it will not be considered further in this session.
It does not specify what happens if other states or federal laws change regarding time zones.

Bill History

2023-02-07 House
H:Died in Committee Returned Bill Pursuant to HR 5-4
2023-02-07 House
H No report prior to CoW Cutoff
2023-01-30 House
H Introduced and Referred to H08 - Transportation
2023-01-25 House
H Received for Introduction
2023-01-24 LSO
Bill Number Assigned

Current Bill Text

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23LSO-0606
2023
STATE OF WYOMING
23LSO-0606
Numbered
2.0

HOUSE BILL NO. HB0246

Mountain standard time-2.

Sponsored by: Representative(s) Ottman, Davis, Heiner, Hornok, Tarver, Trujillo and Winter and Senator(s) Schuler

A BILL

for

AN ACT relating to legal time; requiring the state to observe a time zone as specified; establishing a new uniform state time; repealing provisions; specifying a contingency; and providing for effective dates.

Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Wyoming:

Section 1
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W.S. 8
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116 is created to read:

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116.

Mountain standard time.

(a)

The year round observed time of the state of Wyoming and all of the state's political subdivisions is mountain standard time. Wyoming exempts all areas of the state from mountain daylight time.

(b)

As used in this section:

(i)

"Mountain daylight time" means the period during a year when mountain standard time is advanced one (1) hour in accordance with 15 U.S.C. § 260a;

(ii)

"Mountain standard time" means the observed time assigned to the fourth time zone in 15 U.S.C. § 261.

Section 2.

2020 Wyoming Session Laws, Chapter 134 is repealed.

Section 3.

W.S. 8
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115 is repealed.

Section 4.

(a)

Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, this act is effective November 5, 2023
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(b)

Sections 2 through 4 of this act are effective immediately upon completion of all acts necessary for a bill to become law as provided by Article 4, Section 8 of the Wyoming Constitution.

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