HB 85 - AS INTRODUCED
2021 SESSION
21-0211
05/08
HOUSE BILL 85
AN ACT relative to using Atlantic Standard Time in New Hampshire.
SPONSORS: Rep. Yokela, Rock. 33; Rep. Yakubovich, Merr. 24; Rep. A. Lekas, Hills. 37; Rep. Schultz, Merr. 18; Rep. Hill, Merr. 3
COMMITTEE: Executive Departments and Administration
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ANALYSIS
This bill provides that New Hampshire will use Atlantic Standard Time throughout the calendar year if Massachusetts and Maine also move to Atlantic Standard Time.
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Explanation: Matter added to current law appears in bold italics.
Matter removed from current law appears [in brackets and struckthrough.]
Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
21-0211
05/08
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty One
AN ACT relative to using Atlantic Standard Time in New Hampshire.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 Standard Time; Change to Atlantic Standard Time. Amend RSA 21:36 to read as follows:
21:36 Standard Time. The standard time within the state, except as hereinafter provided, shall be [based on the mean astronomical time of the seventy-fifth degree of longitude west from Greenwich, known and designated by the federal statute as "Eastern Standard Time." At 2 o'clock ante-meridian of the second Sunday in March of each year, the standard time in this state shall be advanced one hour, at 2 o'clock ante-meridian of the first Sunday in November of each year, the standard time in this state shall, by the retarding of one hour, be made to coincide with the astronomical time hereinbefore described as Eastern Standard Time, so that between the second Sunday in March at 2 o'clock ante-meridian and the first Sunday in November at 2 o'clock ante-meridian in each year the standard time in this state shall be one hour in advance of the United States Standard Time] known and designated by the federal statute as Atlantic Standard Time. In all laws, statutes, orders, decrees, rules, and regulations relating to the time of performance by any officer or department of this state, or of any county, city, town, or district thereof, or relating to the time in which any rights accrue or determine, or within which any act shall or shall not be performed by any person subject to the jurisdiction of this state, or of any county, city, town, or district thereof, and in all contracts or choses in action made or to be performed in this state, it shall be understood and intended that the time shall be as set forth in this section.
2 Application to the United States Department of Transportation. Within 180 days of the adoption of similar legislation by the states of Maine and Massachusetts, or on the date specified for similar action by either the state of Maine or Massachusetts, whichever is earlier, the governor shall petition the United States Secretary of Transportation to move the state of New Hampshire to the Atlantic Time Zone.
3 Contingency. Section 1 of this act shall take effect on the first July 1 after section 2 takes effect or the effective date specified by similar action by either the state of Maine or Massachusetts, whichever is earlier. Section 2 of this act shall take effect on the date that the states of Massachusetts and Maine enact similar legislation moving from the Eastern Time Zone to the Atlantic Time Zone. If Massachusetts and Maine do not adopt such legislation, sections 1 and 2 of this act shall not take effect.
I. Sections 1 and 2 of this act shall take effect as provided in section 3 of this act.
II. The remainder of this act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.
| Date | Body | Type |
|---|---|---|
| Feb. 11, 2021 | House | Hearing |
| Feb. 18, 2021 | House | Hearing |
| House | Floor Vote | |
| April 21, 2021 | Senate | Hearing |
| May 6, 2021 | Senate | Floor Vote |
| Feb. 11, 2021 | House | Hearing |
| Feb. 18, 2021 | House | Hearing |
| April 21, 2021 | Senate | Hearing |
| May 6, 2021 | Senate | Floor Vote |
May 6, 2021: Inexpedient to Legislate, RC 22Y-1N, MA === BILL KILLED ===; 05/06/2021; SJ 14
May 6, 2021: Inexpedient to Legislate, RC 22Y-1N, MA === BILL KILLED ===; 05/06/2021; SJ 14
April 28, 2021: Committee Report: Inexpedient to Legislate, 05/06/2021; SC 22
May 6, 2021: Committee Report: Inexpedient to Legislate, 05/06/2021; SC 22
April 21, 2021: Remote Hearing: 04/21/2021, 09:15 am; Links to join the hearing can be found in the Senate Calendar; SC 20
April 14, 2021: Remote Hearing: 04/21/2021, 09:15 am; Links to join the hearing can be found in the Senate Calendar; SC 20
April 8, 2021: Introduced 04/08/2021 and Referred to Executive Departments and Administration; SJ 12
April 13, 2021: Introduced 04/08/2021 and Referred to Executive Departments and Administration; SJ 12
April 8, 2021: Ought to Pass: MA DV 250-117 04/08/2021 HJ 6 P. 66
April 8, 2021: Ought to Pass: MA DV 250-117 04/08/2021 HJ 6 P. 66
: Minority Committee Report: Inexpedient to Legislate
March 10, 2021: Minority Committee Report: Inexpedient to Legislate
: Majority Committee Report: Ought to Pass (Vote 14-5; RC) HC 18 P. 44
March 10, 2021: Majority Committee Report: Ought to Pass (Vote 14-5; RC) HC 18 P. 44
Feb. 11, 2021: ==CONTINUED== Public Hearing: 02/18/2021 10:00 am Members of the public may attend using the following link: To join the webinar: https://zoom.us/j/97238685330 / Executive session on pending legislation may be held throughout the day (time permitting) from the time the committee is initially convened.
Feb. 18, 2021: ==CONTINUED== Public Hearing: 02/18/2021 10:00 am Members of the public may attend using the following link: To join the webinar: https://zoom.us/j/97238685330 / Executive session on pending legislation may be held throughout the day (time permitting) from the time the committee is initially convened.
Feb. 3, 2021: ==RECESSED== Public Hearing: 02/11/2021 10:00 am Members of the public may attend using the following link: To join the webinar: https://zoom.us/j/91078617911 / Executive session on pending legislation may be held throughout the day (time permitting) from the time the committee is initially convened.
Feb. 11, 2021: ==RECESSED== Public Hearing: 02/11/2021 10:00 am Members of the public may attend using the following link: To join the webinar: https://zoom.us/j/91078617911 / Executive session on pending legislation may be held throughout the day (time permitting) from the time the committee is initially convened.
Jan. 4, 2021: Introduced (in recess of) 01/06/2021 and referred to Executive Departments and Administration HJ 2 P. 34
Jan. 6, 2021: Introduced (in recess of) 01/06/2021 and referred to Executive Departments and Administration HJ 2 P. 34
Jan. 6, 2020: To Be Introduced 01/06/2020 and referred to Executive Departments and Administration