Bill Text: CA AB1776 | 2023-2024 | Regular Session | Introduced

California Assembly Bill 1776 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Year-round standard time.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2024-02-05 - Referred to Coms. on G.O. and U. & E. [AB1776 Detail]

Download: California-2023-AB1776-Introduced.html

CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE— 2023–2024 REGULAR SESSION

Assembly Bill

No. 1776

Introduced by Assembly Member Ta
(Principal coauthor: Senator Niello)

January 03, 2024

An act to amend Section 6808 of the Government Code, relating to computation of time.

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST

AB 1776, as introduced, Ta. Year-round standard time.

Existing state law, Proposition 7, an initiative measure approved by the voters at the November 6, 2018, statewide general election, sets the standard time for California and sets daylight saving time to begin each March and end each November. Proposition 7 authorizes the Legislature to amend these provisions by a ²/₃ vote to change the dates and times of the daylight saving time period, consistent with federal law, and authorizes the Legislature to amend these provisions by a ²/₃ vote to provide for the application of year-round daylight saving time when authorized by federal law.

This bill would repeal daylight saving time in the state and the provisions regarding the Legislature’s authority to amend the above-described provisions by a ²/₃ vote. The bill would instead require the state and all political subdivisions of the state to observe year-round standard time. The bill would exempt the state and all political subdivisions of the state from the provisions of federal law that establish the advancement of time.

Vote: 2/3 Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: NO Local Program: NO

The people of the State of California do enact as follows:

SECTION 1.

Section 6808 of the Government Code is amended to read:

6808.

(a) (1) The standard time within the state is that of the fifth zone designated by federal law as Pacific standard time (15 U.S.C. Secs. 261 and 263).

(b)The standard time within the state shall advance by one hour during the daylight saving time period commencing at 2 a.m. on the second Sunday of March of each year and ending at 2 a.m. on the first Sunday of November of each year.
(c)Notwithstanding subdivision (b), the Legislature may amend this section by a two-thirds vote to change the dates and times of the daylight saving time period, consistent with federal law, and, if federal law authorizes the state to provide for the year-round application of daylight saving time, the Legislature may amend this section by a two-thirds vote to provide for that application.
(2) The state and all political subdivisions of the state shall observe the standard time pursuant to paragraph (1).
(b) The state and all political subdivisions of the state shall be exempt from the provisions of federal law that establish the advancement of time (15 U.S.C. Sec. 260a).