Sunshine State Act

Bill: 115-s-2536
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Rubio, Marco [R-FL]
Introduced: 2018-03-12
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Florida

State and local government operations

Time and calendar
Latest action: action_date: 2018-03-12
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.

Summaries:
action_date: 2018-03-12
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p><b>Sunshine State Act</b></p> <p>This bill amends the Calder Act to provide that the standard time for Florida shall be Coordinated Universal Time retarded by four hours (i.e., Daylight Saving Time for the Eastern time zone). </p>

tv_txt: II 115th CONGRESS 2d Session S. 2536 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES March 12, 2018 Mr. Rubio introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation 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. Marking daylight savings time permanent for the State of Florida (a) In general Section 1 of the Act of March 19, 1918, (commonly known as the Calder Act ) ( 15 U.S.C. 261 ) is amended— (1) in subsection (a), in the second sentence, by inserting in subsection (c) of this section and ; (2) by redesignating subsection (b) as subsection (c); and (3) by inserting after subsection (a) the following: (b) Exception The standard time of the State of Florida shall be Coordinated Universal Time retarded by 4 hours. . (b) Conforming amendment Section 3 of the Uniform Time Act of 1966 ( 15 U.S.C. 260a ) is amended by adding at the end the following: (d) Exemption This section shall not apply to the State of Florida. .