Bill > HB154

This bill, known as the "Georgia Sunshine Protection Act," aims to make daylight saving time permanent in Georgia. It states that the General Assembly finds that year-round daylight saving time would benefit citizens through increased evening daylight for various activities, and that the current practice of changing clocks twice a year disrupts sleep, commerce, and schedules. The bill requires the Governor to request that the United States Secretary of Transportation place Georgia in the Atlantic standard time zone by December 31, 2026. If this request is approved, Georgia would observe Atlantic standard time year-round and be exempt from the usual daylight saving time clock advancement. However, if Congress later authorizes states to observe daylight saving time year-round, Georgia would then observe daylight saving time year-round in the eastern standard time zone, unless it has already been placed in the Atlantic standard time zone, in which case the Governor would need to request a move back to the eastern standard time zone for year-round daylight saving time to take effect.