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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
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each time zone by 1 hour commencing at 2 a.m. on the second Sunday of March of
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each year and ending at 2 a.m. on the first Sunday of November of each year,
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commonly referred to as daylight saving time. (15 U.S.C. § 260a(a)) Under existing
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federal law, a state may by state law exempt itself and its political subdivisions
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from the provisions requiring the advancement of time and observe the prescribed
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standard time for the entire calendar year. (15 U.S.C. § 260a)
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This bill exempts Nevada from the federal provisions requiring the observance
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of daylight saving time. Nevada would remain on Pacific Standard Time
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throughout the entire year.
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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
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thereto a new section to read as follows:
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1. The State of Nevada exempts itself from the provisions of
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15 U.S.C. § 260a(a) requiring the advancement of time during the
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period commencing at 2 a.m. on the second Sunday of March of
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each year and ending at 2 a.m. on the first Sunday of November of
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each year, commonly known as daylight saving time.
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2. During the period described in subsection 1, the State of
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Nevada and all political subdivisions thereof, shall observe the
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standard time otherwise applicable for the time zone in which the
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State is situated in accordance with the provisions of 15 U.S.C. §§
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260 et seq., the solar time of the 120th meridian west of
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Greenwich, commonly known as Pacific Standard Time.
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Sec. 2. This act becomes effective on July 1, 2025.
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