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| 2 | 2 | | Introduced Version |
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| 3 | 3 | | SENATE BILL No. 244 |
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| 4 | 4 | | _____ |
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| 5 | 5 | | DIGEST OF INTRODUCED BILL |
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| 6 | 6 | | Citations Affected: IC 1-1-8.1-0.5. |
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| 7 | 7 | | Synopsis: Daylight saving time. Exempts Indiana from daylight saving |
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| 8 | 8 | | time. |
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| 9 | 9 | | Effective: July 1, 2025. |
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| 10 | 10 | | Johnson T |
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| 11 | 11 | | January 13, 2025, read first time and referred to Committee on Public Policy. |
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| 12 | 12 | | 2025 IN 244—LS 6431/DI 150 Introduced |
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| 13 | 13 | | First Regular Session of the 124th General Assembly (2025) |
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| 14 | 14 | | PRINTING CODE. Amendments: Whenever an existing statute (or a section of the Indiana |
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| 15 | 15 | | Constitution) is being amended, the text of the existing provision will appear in this style type, |
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| 16 | 16 | | additions will appear in this style type, and deletions will appear in this style type. |
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| 17 | 17 | | Additions: Whenever a new statutory provision is being enacted (or a new constitutional |
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| 18 | 18 | | provision adopted), the text of the new provision will appear in this style type. Also, the |
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| 19 | 19 | | word NEW will appear in that style type in the introductory clause of each SECTION that adds |
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| 20 | 20 | | a new provision to the Indiana Code or the Indiana Constitution. |
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| 21 | 21 | | Conflict reconciliation: Text in a statute in this style type or this style type reconciles conflicts |
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| 22 | 22 | | between statutes enacted by the 2024 Regular Session of the General Assembly. |
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| 23 | 23 | | SENATE BILL No. 244 |
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| 24 | 24 | | A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning |
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| 25 | 25 | | general provisions. |
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| 26 | 26 | | Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Indiana: |
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| 27 | 27 | | 1 SECTION 1. IC 1-1-8.1-0.5 IS ADDED TO THE INDIANA CODE |
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| 28 | 28 | | 2 AS A NEW SECTION TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY |
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| 29 | 29 | | 3 1, 2025]: Sec. 0.5. (a) The state, acting under the exemption |
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| 30 | 30 | | 4 provision of the Uniform Time Act of 1966 (15 U.S.C. 260a(a)), is |
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| 31 | 31 | | 5 exempt from the federal provisions that establish daylight saving |
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| 32 | 32 | | 6 time. |
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| 33 | 33 | | 7 (b) The standard times within the state shall be the times known |
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| 34 | 34 | | 8 and designated by the Uniform Time Act of 1966 (15 U.S.C. 260 et |
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| 35 | 35 | | 9 seq.) as: |
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| 36 | 36 | | 10 (1) eastern standard time; and |
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| 37 | 37 | | 11 (2) central standard time; |
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| 38 | 38 | | 12 depending on where a community is located. |
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| 39 | 39 | | 13 (c) A state department or agency, or any county, city, or other |
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| 40 | 40 | | 14 political subdivision, may not employ any other time or adopt any: |
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| 41 | 41 | | 15 (1) statute; |
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| 42 | 42 | | 16 (2) ordinance; or |
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| 43 | 43 | | 17 (3) order; |
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| 44 | 44 | | 2025 IN 244—LS 6431/DI 150 2 |
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| 45 | 45 | | 1 providing for daylight saving time. |
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| 46 | 46 | | 2 SECTION 2. [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2025] (a) To implement |
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| 47 | 47 | | 3 IC 1-1-8.1-0.5, as added by this act, the governor shall, not later |
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| 48 | 48 | | 4 than ten (10) days after the governor files this act with the |
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| 49 | 49 | | 5 secretary of state, send a copy of this act along with any other |
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| 50 | 50 | | 6 necessary documentation prescribed by the United States |
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| 51 | 51 | | 7 Department of Transportation to the appropriate official of the |
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| 52 | 52 | | 8 United States Department of Transportation. |
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| 53 | 53 | | 9 (b) This SECTION expires January 1, 2026. |
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| 54 | 54 | | 2025 IN 244—LS 6431/DI 150 |
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