ABOLISH DAYLIGHT SAVING TIME IN ALASKA

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THE LEGISLATIVE EFFORT SINCE 1999

House Bill 4 was introduced in 1999.  The bill passed from its first committee of referral and was further referred to the House Labor and Commerce Committee where it never had a hearing and the bill died. The history of HB 4 is available on the Legislative Web Site:

 Bill History/Action for HB4 21 Legislature

House Bill 409 was introduced in 2002. This bill got further than the 1999 bill. However, it too died when it was held in the House Rules Committee. The Legislative Web Site also shows the history of HB 409.

Bill History/Action for HB409 22 Legislature

The latest repeal legislation that was before the last legislature was House Bill 176 and Senate Bill 120. When introduced in 2005 both of these bills had identical wording.  Both billsdied at the end of the 2006 legislative session.  Initially, either bill would have repealed the use of Daylight Saving Time in Alaska.  However, during the hearing process House Bill 176 was changed from a bill authorizing repeal to a bill that would authorize a statewide advisory vote.  This advisory vote had no authority to create  law. This was only advice to the Legislature which they could ignore.  HB 176 was awaiting a hearing by the House Finance Committee. A hearing was scheduled for March 16, 2006 but the bill was not heard. The history of HB 176 is at the Legislative Web Site:              

Bill History/Action for HB176 24 Legislature

Senate Bill 120 was worded to repeal DST.  In 2005 it passed out of the Senate Community and Regional Affairs Committee and was further referred to the Senate Labor and Commerce Committee.  SB120 died because it never had a hearing before the Senate Labor and Commerce Committee.   Again, you can see the history of SB120 on the Legislative Web Site:

Bill History/Action for SB120 24 Legislature