HB 1679 is a bill that urges Congress to authorize New England states to adopt year-round Atlantic Standard Time. It establishes an interstate commission to study the transition to Atlantic Standard Time and requires Maine, Massachusetts, and Vermont to also enact laws for the transition. The bill also changes the standard time within the state to Atlantic Standard Time and creates the Interstate Commission on Atlantic Standard Time to form public policy and study the transition. The bill also requires the governor to petition the United States Secretary of Transportation to move New Hampshire to the Atlantic Time Zone once similar legislation is adopted by the other states.

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Introduced: 21:36