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Last action · February 7, 2025

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Introduced February 4, 2025

House

Adjourned Sine Die

2025 Regular Session

HB308

AN ACT relating to exempting the Commonwealth of Kentucky from the observance of daylight saving time.

Create a new section of KRS Chapter 2 to exempt the Commonwealth of Kentucky from the advancement of time known as daylight saving time; require the Commonwealth of Kentucky and its political subdivisions to at all time observe the standard time of the United States; EFFECTIVE October 31, 2025.

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This bill would end daylight saving time in Kentucky, keeping the state on standard time year-round instead of changing clocks twice a year. If passed, Kentucky and all of its local governments would be required to follow standard time permanently, starting October 31, 2025. Who it may affect: all Kentuckians, as well as businesses and government offices that coordinate schedules across state lines or with federal agencies.

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