The bill proposes that New Mexico adopt daylight saving time as the year-round standard time, exempting the state from the annual time change mandated by the federal Uniform Time Act of 1966. This change is established under new legal language that specifies New Mexico's exemption from the advancement of time or changeover dates, while clarifying that this exemption does not affect federal regulations regarding interstate commerce or federal agency operations. The bill defines "daylight saving time" in accordance with the federal standard, which runs from the second Sunday in March to the first Sunday in November.

Additionally, the bill includes an appropriation of $100,000 from the general fund to the Department of Information Technology for the conversion of state information technology systems to accommodate the permanent daylight saving time. The effective date of this act is contingent upon the enactment of a federal law allowing states to exempt themselves from the Uniform Time Act, specifically requiring that Texas or El Paso County has also adopted similar measures.