NEW YORK STATE ASSEMBLY MEMORANDUM IN SUPPORT OF LEGISLATION submitted in accordance with Assembly Rule III, Sec 1(f)
BILL NUMBER: A3535
SPONSOR: Santabarbara TITLE OF BILL:
An act to amend the general construction law and the administrative code
of the city of New York, in relation to establishing daylight saving
time as the year-round standard time in the state and in the city of New
York
PURPOSE:
The purpose of this bill is to establish Daylight Saving Time as the
standard time throughout the year for New York State.
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:
Section 1 amends the general construction law to establish the observa-
tion of eastern daylight time year-round.
Section 2 amends the administrative code of the city of New York to
establish the observation of eastern daylight time year-round.
Section 3 marks the effective date, which is contingent upon the enact-
ment of similar legislation in the neighboring states of Connecticut,
Massachusetts, New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Vermont.
JUSTIFICATION:
Currently, states are only permitted to exempt themselves from observing
Daylight Saving Time, not establish its permanence. This bill, should it
become law, would allow the state to establish Daylight Saving Time as
the permanent year-round time, contingent upon the repeal of the federal
law establishing Daylight Saving Time. There is active federal legis-
lation to abolish Daylight Saving Time; however, studies show that it is
the transition out of Daylight Saving Time, which leads to an increase
in car accidents, causes more on-site work incidents, and disrupts the
health of all who are subject to this time change.
This bill would, once there is a repeal of the federal law establishing
Daylight Saving Time, allow New York to enter into a compact with neigh-
boring states to establish Daylight Saving Time as the state's year
round time.
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:
2021-22 - A.6443 - referred to governmental operations.
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:
None.
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect Upon the enactment into law by the states of
Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania of
legislation having an identical effect with this act.
