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It passed the house and senate. The governor needs to sign it still, but here is the law as approved:</div>
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<a href="http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/biennium/2019-20/Pdf/Bills/House%20Passed%20Legislature/1196-S.PL.pdf">http://lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov/biennium/2019-20/Pdf/Bills/House%20Passed%20Legislature/1196-S.PL.pdf</a><br>
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Of course, it's bound to US Congress changing the federal DST law, but still interesting.</div>
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The effective date would be November 2019, unless congress doesn't allow it until after October 1st, then it would be the following year. At least they allowed for 1 month minimum notice.</div>
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-Matt</div>
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<div id="divRplyFwdMsg" dir="ltr"><font face="Calibri, sans-serif" color="#000000" style="font-size:11pt"><b>From:</b> tz <tz-bounces@iana.org> on behalf of Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu><br>
<b>Sent:</b> Sunday, March 10, 2019 12:30 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Arthur David Olson<br>
<b>Cc:</b> Time Zone Mailing List<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [tz] "Washington House OKs step toward year-round daylight saving"</font>
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<div class="PlainText">I've stopped keeping track of all the proposed US legislation to end daylight
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saving time. Bills have been introduced or passed in states ranging from Alaska <br>
<<a href="https://www.abc27.com/news/local/state-lawmaker-proposes-to-eliminate-daylight-saving-time/1829835736">https://www.abc27.com/news/local/state-lawmaker-proposes-to-eliminate-daylight-saving-time/1829835736</a>>
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to Wyoming <br>
<<a href="https://www.wyodaily.com/story/2019/02/14/news/daylight-saving-time-bill-dies/8596.html">https://www.wyodaily.com/story/2019/02/14/news/daylight-saving-time-bill-dies/8596.html</a>>.
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None of the bills that have become law have changed civil timekeeping in any <br>
way, and I suspect that this is by design.<br>
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Most Americans want to stop fiddling with the clocks twice a year. Some want to <br>
move one timezone east (so-called "permanent DST"), while others want to stay on <br>
permanent standard time. Although the former typically outnumber the latter, any <br>
change will be controversial and state legislators prefer doing nothing to <br>
dealing with the blowback that would come from any real change. I suspect this <br>
is why many legislators seem to be happy to do what the Washington House has <br>
done, which is to pass a bill that doesn't really do anything, and blame the <br>
problem on Washington.<br>
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