New York A 10571: Establishes daylight saving time as the year-round standard time of the state and the city of New York

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A10571 Summary:

BILL NOA10571 

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SAME ASSAME AS S03380

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SPONSORSantabarbara

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COSPNSR

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §52, Gen Con L; amd §2-106, NYC Ad Cd

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Establishes daylight saving time as the year-round standard time of the state and the city of New York.

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BILL NOA10571 

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03/13/2026referred to governmental operations

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 10571

 IN ASSEMBLY

 March 13, 2026
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. SANTABARBARA -- read once and referred to the
 Committee on Governmental Operations

 AN ACT to amend the general construction law and the administrative code
 of the city of New York, in relation to establishing daylight saving
 time as the year-round standard time in the state and in the city of
 New York

 The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
 bly, do enact as follows:

 1 Section 1. Section 52 of the general construction law, as amended by
 2 chapter 377 of the laws of 1955, is amended to read as follows:
 3 § 52. Time, standard. [1.] The standard time throughout this state is
 4 [that of the seventy-fifth meridian of longitude west from Greenwich,
 5 except as hereinafter provided, and all courts and public officers, and
 6 legal and official proceedings, shall be regulated thereby.
 7 2. At two o'clock ante meridian on the last Sunday in April of each
 8 year the standard time throughout this state shall be advanced one hour
 9 from that of the seventy-fifth meridian of longitude west from Green-
 10 wich, and the time so advanced shall continue to be standard time
 11 throughout this state until the last Sunday in October of the same year,
 12 when such standard time, as so advanced, shall be retarded to that of
 13 the seventy-fifth meridian west from Greenwich; and during such period
 14 in each year all courts and public officers, and legal and official
 15 proceedings, shall be regulated in accordance therewith] the time as
 16 determined by 15 USC sections 260 to 267, except that the state observes
 17 year-round the provisions of 15 USC 260a providing for the advancement
 18 of time, commonly known as eastern daylight saving time if federal law
 19 permits the year-round observation of eastern daylight time.
 20 § 2. Section 2-106 of the administrative code of the city of New York
 21 is amended to read as follows:
 22 § 2-106 Daylight saving time; effect thereof on public proceedings.
 23 The standard time throughout the city of New York is [that of the seven-
 24 ty-fifth meridian of longitude west from Greenwich, except that at two
 25 o'clock ante-meridian of the last Sunday in April of each year such
 26 standard time throughout the city shall be advanced one hour, and at two

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD06728-01-5

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 1 o'clock ante-meridian of the last Sunday in October of each year, such
 2 standard time shall, by the retarding of one hour, be returned to the
 3 mean astronomical time of the seventy-fifth meridian of longitude west
 4 from Greenwich, and all courts, public offices and legal and official
 5 proceedings shall be regulated thereby] the time as determined by 15 USC
 6 sections 260 to 267, except that the city observes year-round the
 7 provisions of 15 USC 260a providing for the advancement of time, common-
 8 ly known as eastern daylight saving time if federal law permits the
 9 year-round observation of eastern daylight time.
 10 § 3. This act shall take effect upon the enactment into law by the
 11 states of Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, New Jersey, and Pennsyl-
 12 vania of legislation having an identical effect with this act, but if
 13 the states of Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, New Jersey, and Penn-
 14 sylvania shall have already enacted such legislation, section one of
 15 this act shall take effect immediately; provided that the secretary of
 16 state shall notify the legislative bill drafting commission upon the
 17 occurrence of the enactment of the legislation provided for