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By: Metcalf, et al. (Senate Sponsor - Bettencourt) |
H.B. No. 1393 |
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(In the Senate - Received from the House April 16, 2025; |
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April 24, 2025, read first time and referred to Committee on State |
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Affairs; May 6, 2025, reported favorably by the following vote: |
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Yeas 9, Nays 2; May 6, 2025, sent to printer.) |
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to daylight saving time. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 312.016, Government Code, is amended by |
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adding Subsection (d) to read as follows: |
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(d) This state, acting as authorized under federal law, |
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shall observe daylight saving time year-round. This subsection |
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applies to both the portion of this state using central standard |
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time as the official standard time and the portion of this state |
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using mountain standard time as the official standard time. The |
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standard time in this state shall be referred to as Texas Time. |
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SECTION 2. (a) Except as otherwise provided by this |
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section, this Act takes effect September 1, 2025. |
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(b) This Act takes effect only if the United States Congress |
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enacts legislation that becomes law that authorizes the State of |
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Texas to observe daylight saving time year-round. If the United |
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States Congress does not enact legislation that becomes law |
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described by this subsection, this Act has no effect. |
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