Bill Sponsors: IN SB0542 | 2019 | Regular Session

Bill Title: Petition for changing time zones. Requires the governor to petition the United States Department of Transportation to initiate proceedings under the Uniform Time Act of 1966 to locate all of Indiana in the Central Time Zone. Requires the governor's petition to request that the change of Indiana's time zone becomes effective on the date that daylight saving time begins in Indiana in 2021.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-01-14 - First reading: referred to Committee on Rules and Legislative Procedure [SB0542 Detail]

Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Sponsors

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Senator Eric Bassler [R]PrimarySponsored BillsSD-039FollowTheMoneyBallotpediaVoteSmart

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