Colorado: Does the state observe daylight saving time?
Colorado observes daylight saving time, but a 2022 law would make it year-round if Congress allows and four other Mountain states agree.
Governor Jared Polis signed HB22-1297 on June 2, 2022. Year-round daylight time starts only after federal law allows it and at least four other states in the Mountain time zone pass similar laws. The governor must then notify the state's revisor of statutes, and the change starts on the first Sunday of November after that.
Conditions
- Federal law must allow year-round daylight saving time
- At least four other Mountain time zone states must enact the same
- Governor must notify the revisor of statutes that the conditions are met
What the law says
The standard time within the state throughout the year is Coordinated Universal Time minus six hours. ... (A) A federal law is enacted and takes effect that authorizes states to adopt Coordinated Universal Time minus six hours, commonly known as "United States Mountain Daylight Saving Time", as the standard time for the state throughout the year; and (B) At least four states in the Mountain Standard Time zone, in addition to Colorado, enact legislation that becomes law making Coordinated Universal Time minus six hours, commonly known as "United States Mountain Daylight Saving Time", the states' standard time throughout the year.
Sources
- Colorado HB22-1297, signed act (C.R.S. 2-4-109(2.5)) Official · content.leg.colorado.gov
- Colorado General Assembly, HB22-1297 bill page Official · leg.colorado.gov
Confirm with the state
- Agency
- Colorado General Assembly
- Website
- leg.colorado.gov
How bordering states compare
- Arizona No DST (standard time all year)Arizona does not observe daylight saving time and stays on Mountain Standard Time all year.
- Kansas Observes DSTKansas observes daylight saving time and has not enacted a law to change that.
- Nebraska Observes DSTNebraska observes daylight saving time under state law and has not enacted a year-round time law.
- New Mexico Observes DSTNew Mexico observes daylight saving time and has not enacted a law to change it.
- Oklahoma Observes DST, law to go year-roundOklahoma observes daylight saving time, but a 2024 law will make it year-round if Congress allows.
- Utah Observes DST, law to go year-roundUtah observes daylight saving time and has a 2020 law to stay on it all year if Congress and four western states act.
- Wyoming Observes DST, law to go year-roundWyoming observes daylight saving time and has a 2020 law to stay on it all year if Congress and three other western states act.