Bill > HB2487

This bill proposes to change West Virginia's timekeeping practices by first maintaining daylight saving time (DST) until July 1, 2025, and then permanently switching to Eastern Standard Time (EST) thereafter. Currently, daylight saving time is the state's official time, starting at 2:00 AM on the second Sunday in March and ending at 2:00 AM on the first Sunday in November, applying to all public schools, higher education institutions, state agencies, departments, and political subdivisions. Beginning July 1, 2025, the bill mandates that Eastern Standard Time will become the state's official time, with all previous references to daylight saving time in state code being interpreted as Eastern Standard Time. This change means that West Virginia will no longer observe the biannual time changes, instead remaining on a single time standard year-round, which aligns with a growing national trend of reconsidering the practice of switching between standard and daylight saving time.

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