SENATE BILL NO. 168
March 09, 2023, Introduced by Senator HOITENGA and referred to the Committee on
Government Operations.
A bill to provide for the official time followed in this
state.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
1 Sec. 1. (1) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (3), if
2 the United States Congress amends 15 USC 260a to authorize states
3 to observe daylight saving time year-round, the official time
4 followed by this state and all of its political subdivisions in the
5 part of this state that is in the Eastern Standard Time zone and in
6 the part of this state that is in the Central Standard Time zone is
7 daylight saving time.
8 (2) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (3), the time
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1 change described in subsection (1) takes effect only if all of the
2 following states observe daylight saving time year-round:
3 (a) Wisconsin.
4 (b) Illinois.
5 (c) Indiana.
6 (d) Ohio.
7 (e) Pennsylvania.
8 (3) If the United States Congress amends 15 USC 260a to
9 eliminate daylight saving time, the official time followed by this
10 state and all of its political subdivisions in the part of this
11 state that is in the Eastern Standard Time zone and in the part of
12 this state that is in the Central Standard Time zone is year-round
13 standard time or that time as otherwise provided by federal law.
14 Enacting section 1. This act takes effect 90 days after the
15 date it is enacted into law.
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