Bill > HB279

This bill proposes that if federal law, specifically a section of the U.S. Code (15 USC 260a) that currently governs daylight saving time, is changed to allow states to observe daylight saving time all year, then Mississippi will adopt daylight saving time as its permanent standard time. This means that if Congress permits it, Mississippi would no longer switch back to standard time in the fall, and the state, including all its local governments, would remain on daylight saving time throughout the entire year. The bill is set to take effect on July 1, 2026.