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This bill creates a task force to study the effects and potential impacts of New York State opting out of daylight saving time.
Why it matters
Public Health Impact. The task force will specifically study connections between daylight saving time and health risks, such as increased heart attack rates, which could influence public health policy decisions.
Economic and Social Disruption. By investigating whether changing clocks twice a year disrupts daily life or the economy, the task force could provide evidence to support or challenge longstanding assumptions about the benefits of daylight saving time.
Broader Societal Effects. The group will analyze how daylight saving time affects crime rates, traffic safety, morning routines, and regulatory frameworks, providing a holistic view of its impact on New Yorkers’ daily lives.
Regional and Federal Coordination. The task force will consider what neighboring states and the federal government are doing or proposing about daylight saving time, addressing potential complications if New York acts alone and ensuring any decision aligns with broader regional or national trends.
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STATE OF NEW YORK
11190
IN ASSEMBLY
June 14, 2018
Introduced by COMMITTEE ON RULES -- (at request of M. of A. Vanel) -read once and referred to the Committee on Governmental Operations
AN ACT to establish a task force to study the effects of New York state opting out of daylight saving time
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:
Section 1. a. A task force, to be known as the task force on daylight saving time, is hereby established to study the effects of New York state opting out of daylight saving time. Such task force shall be comprised of appropriate state agency personnel and experts in the field of daylight saving time.
b. The task force shall be comprised of:
(i) two members appointed by the governor;
(ii) two members appointed by the temporary president of the senate;
(iii) two members appointed by the speaker of the assembly;
(iv) one member appointed by the minority leader of the senate; and
(v) one member appointed by the minority leader of the assembly.
c. The task force shall:
(i) examine and evaluate the potential health risks associated with daylight saving time, such as heart attack;
(ii) identify the potential effects of daylight saving on morning activities;
(iii) establish whether the act of changing clocks twice a year is economically and/or socially disruptive;
(iv) identify the potential effects of daylight saving time on traffic and crime;
(v) establish whether daylight saving time currently provides a benefit to this state;
(vi) examine the history of daylight saving time;
(vii) examine any relevant studies on daylight saving time;
(ix) evaluate the positions and potential legislation from neighboring states and the federal government on daylight saving time;
(x) identify regulations that are affected by daylight saving time and that would be affected by the elimination of daylight saving time; and
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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(xi) make recommendations on whether this state should opt out or continue to utilize daylight saving time.
d. Such task force shall submit a report, on or before April 1, 2019, to the governor and the legislature of its findings, conclusions and recommendations, and legislative and regulatory proposals deemed necessary to implement such recommendations.
§ 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
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