Bill > HB1227

This bill proposes to permanently adopt standard time in North Dakota by exempting the state from daylight saving time under federal law (15 U.S.C. 260(a)). Specifically, the bill establishes that for areas of North Dakota in the central time zone, the official standard time will be Greenwich mean time minus five hours, and for areas in the mountain time zone, the standard time will be Greenwich mean time minus six hours. The bill ensures that this change will not interfere with federal time standards for interstate commerce or federal government operations. Additionally, the bill repeals the existing section of North Dakota law related to daylight saving time, effectively ending the practice of changing clocks twice a year in the state. By making this change, North Dakota would join a growing number of states seeking to eliminate the biannual time switch, which proponents argue disrupts sleep patterns and can have negative health and productivity impacts.

Transportation and Infrastructure

https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/69-2025/regular/bill-overview/bo1227.html