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SENATE BILL NO. 26
IN THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA
THIRTY-FOURTH LEGISLATURE - FIRST SESSION
BY SENATOR MERRICK
Introduced: 1/10/25
Referred: Prefiled
A BILL
FOR AN ACT ENTITLED
"An Act petitioning the United States Department of Transportation to change the time 1
zones of Alaska; exempting the state from daylight saving time; and providing for an 2
effective date." 3
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA: 4
* Section 1. AS 44.12 is amended by adding a new section to read: 5
Article 5. Standard Time. 6
Sec. 44.12.400. Exemption from daylight saving time. The state exempts 7
itself from observation of advanced time, also known as daylight saving time, during 8
the period set under 15 U.S.C. 260a for the advancement of time each calendar year, 9
and the entire state shall observe the standard time that is otherwise applicable during 10
that period. 11
* Sec. 2. The uncodified law of the State of Alaska is amended by adding a new section to 12
read: 13
PETITION TO THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 14 34-LS0267\A
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TO CHANGE THE TIME ZONE IN WHICH ALASKA IS LOCATED. The legisla ture, by 1
this Act, petitions the United States Department of Transportation to initiate proceedings 2
under the Uniform Time Act of 1966 to place all of the state within the Pacific Standard Time 3
zone as provided in the United States Department of Transportation's "Procedure for Moving 4
an Area from One Time Zone to Another." 5
* Sec. 3. The uncodified law of the State of Alaska is amended by adding a new section to 6
read: 7
CONDITIONAL EFFECT OF SECTION 1 OF THIS ACT. Section 1 of this Act takes 8
effect only if the United States Department of Transportation places all of the state within the 9
Pacific Standard Time zone on or before January 1, 2035. 10
* Sec. 4. Section 2 of this Act takes effect immediately under AS 01.10.070(c). 11
* Sec. 5. If sec. 1 of this Act takes effect, it takes effect on the effective date of the 12
placement of all of the state within the Pacific Standard Time zone. 13