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HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 276 FILED ON: 1/11/2023
HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 3103
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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PRESENTED BY:
Angelo J. Puppolo, Jr.
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To the Honorable Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in General
Court assembled:
The undersigned legislators and/or citizens respectfully petition for the adoption of the accompanying bill:
An Act establishing permanent standard time within the Commonwealth to promote sleep and
health.
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PETITION OF:
NAME:DISTRICT/ADDRESS :DATE ADDED:Angelo J. Puppolo, Jr.12th Hampden1/10/2023Susan Williams Gifford2nd Plymouth1/17/2023Paul J. Donato35th Middlesex1/18/2023William J. Driscoll, Jr.7th Norfolk1/19/2023James C. Arena-DeRosa8th Middlesex1/20/2023Bud L. Williams11th Hampden1/20/2023Steven S. Howitt4th Bristol1/20/2023James J. O'Day14th Worcester2/6/2023Patrick M. O'ConnorFirst Plymouth and Norfolk2/7/2023Orlando Ramos9th Hampden2/13/2023Paul McMurtry11th Norfolk2/15/2023Kate Lipper-Garabedian32nd Middlesex2/22/2023 1 of 2
HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 276 FILED ON: 1/11/2023
HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 3103
By Representative Puppolo of Springfield, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 3103) of
Angelo J. Puppolo, Jr. and others for legislation to establish standard time as the permanent time
of the Commonwealth. State Administration and Regulatory Oversight.
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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In the One Hundred and Ninety-Third General Court
(2023-2024)
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An Act establishing permanent standard time within the Commonwealth to promote sleep and
health.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority
of the same, as follows:
1 SECTION 1. Chapter 4 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2020 Official Edition, is
2hereby amended by striking out section 10 and inserting in place thereof the following section: -
3 Section 10. The standard time within the commonwealth shall be permanent standard
4time and shall be exempt from the advancement of time as provided by the federal Uniform Time
5Act of 1966, 15 U.S.C. section 260(a). This section shall apply: to all laws, statutes, orders,
6decrees, rules and regulations relating to the time of performance of any act by any officer or
7department of the commonwealth, or of any county, city, town or district thereof, or any other
8political subdivision thereof; to all laws, statutes, orders, decrees, rules and regulations relating
9to the time in which any rights shall accrue or determine, or within which any act shall or shall
10not be performed by any person subject to the jurisdiction of the commonwealth; in all the public
11schools and in all institutions of the commonwealth, or of any county, city, town or district 2 of 2
12thereof, or any other political subdivision thereof; and in all contracts or choses in action made or
13to be performed in the commonwealth.
14 SECTION 2. This act shall take effect: (i) upon enactment by law of a permanent year-
15round “U.S. Eastern Standard Time” in the states of Connecticut, Massachusetts, New
16Hampshire, Rhode Island and Vermont, in substantially the same form as section 1; and (ii) upon
17a date agreed upon by all 5 states.