Florida Senate - 2018                                     SB 858
       
       
        
       By Senator Steube
       
       
       
       
       
       23-01219-18                                            2018858__
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to daylight saving time; exempting the
    3         State of Florida and its political subdivisions from
    4         daylight saving time; requiring that the state and all
    5         of its political subdivisions observe standard time;
    6         providing an effective date.
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    8  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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   10         Section 1. Pursuant to 15 U.S.C. s. 260(a), this state
   11  exempts itself and all of its political subdivisions from the
   12  observance of daylight saving time, between 2 a.m. on the second
   13  Sunday in March and 2 a.m. on the first Sunday in November of
   14  each calendar year, and the entire state and all of its
   15  political subdivisions shall observe the standard time that is
   16  otherwise applicable during that period.
   17         Section 2. This act shall take effect January 1, 2019.