Idaho Lawmaker Wants State to be Exempt from Daylight Saving Time

Rep. Mike Moyle introduced House Bill 559 into the House that would exempt Idaho from observing daylight saving time. If it's passed Idaho would stay in the Mountain Standard Time zone year-round. Arizona and Hawaii are the only states in the union that currently do not observe daylight saving time. In April 2006, Indiana began observing.

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LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF IDAHO
Sixty-second Legislature Second Regular Session – 2014

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES HOUSE BILL NO. 559
BY STATE AFFAIRS COMMITTEE

AN ACT RELATING TO DAYLIGHT SAVING TIME; AMENDING CHAPTER 1, TITLE 73, IDAHO CODE, BY THE ADDITION OF A NEW SECTION 73-123, IDAHO CODE, TO PROVIDE THAT THE 4 STATE OF IDAHO SHALL BE EXEMPT FROM THE DAYLIGHT SAVING TIME PROVISIONS OF FEDERAL LAW. Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Idaho: SECTION 1. That Chapter 1, Title 73, Idaho Code, be, and the same is hereby amended by the addition thereto of a NEW SECTION, to be known and designated as Section 73-123, Idaho Code, and to read as follows: 73-123. EXEMPTION FROM DAYLIGHT SAVING TIME. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary by the United States government relating to the adoption of daylight saving time by all of the states, the state of Idaho hereby exempts all areas of the state from the daylight saving time.