Sunshine State Act

Bill: 115-hr-5278
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Buchanan, Vern [R-FL-16]
Introduced: 2018-03-14
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Florida

State and local government operations

Time and calendar
Latest action: action_date: 2018-03-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Digital Commerce and Consumer Protection.

Summaries:
action_date: 2018-03-14
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Sunshine State Act</b></p> <p>This bill amends the Uniform Time Act of 1966 to provide that the standard time for Florida shall permanently be Coordinated Universal Time retarded by four hours (Daylight Saving Time for the Eastern time zone). </p>

tv_txt: I 115th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 5278 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES March 14, 2018 Mr. Buchanan (for himself, Mr. Yoho , and Mr. Soto ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce A BILL To make daylight savings time permanent for the State of Florida, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Sunshine State Act . 2. Making daylight savings time permanent for the State of Florida Section 3 of the Uniform Time Act of 1966 ( 15 U.S.C. 260a ) is amended by adding at the end the following: (d) Permanent advancement of time for the State of Florida (1) In general The standard time of the State of Florida shall be Coordinated Universal Time (as defined in section 1 of the Act of March 19, 1918 (commonly known as the Calder Act ) ( 15 U.S.C. 261 )) retarded by 4 hours. (2) Inapplicability of temporary advancement Subsection (a) shall not apply to the State of Florida. .