Bill > S03380

This bill establishes daylight saving time (DST) as the year-round standard time for New York state and New York City, contingent upon federal law permitting such a change. Specifically, the bill amends existing state and city laws to replace the current system of switching between standard time and daylight saving time twice a year with a permanent daylight saving time schedule. The change would only take effect if the states of Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania pass similar legislation. The bill references 15 USC sections 260 to 267, which are federal statutes governing time zones and daylight saving time, and specifically relies on section 260a, which provides for the advancement of time. If federal law allows year-round DST, New York would adopt Eastern Daylight Time as its permanent time standard. The legislation aims to eliminate the biannual time changes that can disrupt sleep patterns and potentially cause other societal inconveniences, aligning with a growing national movement to end the practice of changing clocks twice a year.