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Panel OKs bill to keep Kansas on permanent standard time, conditional on neighboring action
Summary
The committee voted to advance Senate Bill 1 to set the state on permanent standard time (effectively opting out of daylight-saving time), but adopted a conceptual amendment making the effective switch conditional on Missouri taking similar action and adjusted the effective implementation timing to the November following that trigger.
The Senate Committee on Federal and State Affairs voted to advance Senate Bill 1, which would place the state on permanent standard time starting the November following enactment, with an amendment conditioning the change on Missouri adopting similar legislation.
Jason, a staff member, explained that federal law requires the seasonal switch between standard time and daylight-saving time but allows states to opt out of the daylight-saving…
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