FIRST REGULAR SESSION
SENATE BILL NO. 534
103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
INTRODUCED BY SENATOR NICOLA.
1898S.01I KRISTINA MARTIN, Secretary
AN ACT
To amend chapter 1, RSMo, by adding thereto one new section relating to daylight saving time.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Missouri, as follows:
Section A. Chapter 1, RSMo, is amended by adding thereto 1
one new section , to be known as section 1.355, to read as 2
follows:3
1.355. 1. There is hereby established the "Daylight 1
Saving as New Standard Time Pact" consisting of this state 2
and any other state desiring to permanently change daylight 3
saving time to a new s tandard time. 4
2. The state of Missouri hereby exempts all areas of 5
the state from the daylight saving time provisions of 15 6
U.S.C. Section 260a, as amended. 7
3. On the effective date of this section, Missouri 8
will switch clocks to daylight sa ving time for the last time 9
and daylight saving time will be eliminated. The time 10
formerly known as daylight saving time will become standard 11
time. After this time, Missouri will no longer observe 12
daylight saving time. 13
4. Notwithstanding the pr ovisions of subsections 2 and 14
3 of this section to the contrary: 15
(1) If the federal government enforces the provisions 16
of 15 U.S.C. Section 260a, the state of Missouri and all 17
political subdivisions thereof shall observe standard time; 18
or 19 SB 534 2
(2) If the federal government adopts daylight saving 20
time as the new standard time, the state of Missouri shall 21
set clocks to conform with the new standard time. 22