This bill amends Iowa law to establish daylight saving time as the official time throughout the year. The current legal language referring to "standard time and daylight" is replaced with "Daylight saving time as official time," indicating a shift to a year-round observance of daylight saving time. The bill specifies that daylight saving time is defined as the solar time of the ninetieth meridian of longitude west of Greenwich, England, commonly known as central standard time, and eliminates the previous provisions that allowed for a shift to standard time during certain months.

Additionally, the bill makes changes to various sections of the Iowa Code to reflect this new standard. For instance, it modifies references to "Standard Time" in insurance policy language to align with the new designation of daylight saving time. The bill aims to simplify timekeeping in the state by removing the seasonal changes associated with standard time, thereby providing a consistent time reference year-round.

Statutes affected:
Introduced: 1D.1, 515.109, 714G.1