HB1393 - Relating to daylight saving time.

      H.B. No. 1393         AN ACT   relating to daylight saving time.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Section 312.016, Government Code, is amended by   adding Subsection (d) to read as follows:           (d)     This state, acting as authorized under federal law,   shall observe daylight saving time year-round.   This subsection   applies to both the portion of this state using central standard   time as the official standard time and the portion of this state   using mountain standard time as the official standard time.   The   standard time in this state shall be referred to as Texas Time.          SECTION 2.  (a) Except as otherwise provided by this   section, this Act takes effect September 1, 2025.          (b)  This Act takes effect only if the United States Congress   enacts legislation that becomes law that authorizes the State of   Texas to observe daylight saving time year-round.  If the United   States Congress does not enact legislation that becomes law   described by this subsection, this Act has no effect.       ______________________________ ______________________________      President of the Senate Speaker of the House                   I certify that H.B. No. 1393 was passed by the House on April   16, 2025, by the following vote:  Yeas 133, Nays 11, 3 present, not   voting.     ______________________________   Chief Clerk of the House                 I certify that H.B. No. 1393 was passed by the Senate on May   22, 2025, by the following vote:  Yeas 26, Nays 5.     ______________________________   Secretary of the Senate       APPROVED:  _____________________                      Date                           _____________________                    Governor