Bill > HF66

This bill establishes daylight saving time as the official, year-round time for the state of Iowa, eliminating the current practice of switching between standard time and daylight saving time. Specifically, the bill modifies existing state law to remove references to standard time and replace them with daylight saving time, which advances the clock by one hour from the solar time of the ninetieth meridian west of Greenwich, England (commonly known as central standard time). The bill makes corresponding updates to other sections of the state code, such as references to time in insurance policy language and definitions of "normal business hours," to consistently reflect daylight saving time. By making daylight saving time permanent, the bill aims to eliminate the biannual time changes that currently occur in spring and fall, potentially reducing confusion and the reported negative health and productivity impacts associated with time shifts.

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https://www.legis.iowa.gov/legislation/BillBook?ga=91&ba=HF66