By: Metcalf, Ashby, McQueeney, Bucy, Curry, H.B. No. 1393
et al.
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to daylight saving time.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 312.016, Government Code, is amended by
adding Subsection (d) to read as follows:
(d) This state, acting as authorized under federal law,
shall observe daylight saving time year-round. This subsection
applies to both the portion of this state using central standard
time as the official standard time and the portion of this state
using mountain standard time as the official standard time. The
standard time in this state shall be referred to as Texas Time.
SECTION 2. (a) Except as otherwise provided by this
section, this Act takes effect September 1, 2025.
(b) This Act takes effect only if the United States Congress
enacts legislation that becomes law that authorizes the State of
Texas to observe daylight saving time year-round. If the United
States Congress does not enact legislation that becomes law
described by this subsection, this Act has no effect.