Bill > SB5795

This bill would exempt the state of Washington from daylight saving time and implement year-round Pacific standard time. The key provisions include: 1. Findings that observing Pacific standard time year-round would have benefits such as improved public health, reduced traffic accidents and crime, and better economic growth, compared to the current practice of switching between standard time and daylight saving time twice a year. 2. Establishing that the official time in Washington and its political subdivisions shall be Pacific standard time throughout the year. 3. Prohibiting counties, cities, and other political subdivisions from adopting daylight saving time or any time other than standard time, except during a national war emergency. 4. Repealing existing state laws related to daylight saving time and the previous authorization for year-round daylight saving time. 5. Specifying an effective date of November 4, 2024 for this change.