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This bill proposes two key actions regarding time zones and daylight saving time in Alaska. First, the bill would exempt Alaska from observing daylight saving time, meaning the state would remain on standard time throughout the year instead of advancing clocks in the spring and falling back in the autumn. Second, the bill petitions the United States Department of Transportation to move the entire state into the Pacific Standard Time zone, using the Uniform Time Act of 1966 as the legal mechanism for this request. The bill includes a conditional provision that Section 1 (the daylight saving time exemption) will only take effect if the Department of Transportation places all of Alaska in the Pacific Standard Time zone by January 1, 2035. The bill's immediate section (Section 2) takes effect right away, while the time zone change section would be implemented on the date the state is officially moved to the Pacific Standard Time zone. This legislation aims to provide more consistency in Alaska's timekeeping and potentially improve quality of life by eliminating the biannual time changes.

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https://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Detail/34?Root=SB26