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This bill permanently establishes eastern standard time as the year-round standard time for Maine, eliminating the previous conditions that required federal permission and coordinated adoption by all eastern time zone states before switching to permanent daylight saving time. The bill removes the previous complex provisions that required the Secretary of State to monitor and provide public notice about specific conditions for implementing year-round daylight saving time. Additionally, the bill makes a technical amendment to a fishing regulation that references time zones, replacing the term "Eastern Daylight Savings Time" with the new standard time designation. By implementing this change, Maine would no longer switch between standard time and daylight saving time twice a year, potentially providing more consistent timekeeping and avoiding the disruptions associated with seasonal time changes. The bill represents a local effort to address the ongoing national debate about the benefits and drawbacks of changing clocks twice annually.

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https://legislature.maine.gov/legis/bills/display_ps.asp?LD=4&snum=132