Georgia: Does the state observe daylight saving time?
Georgia observes daylight saving time, but a 2021 law would keep it on daylight time all year if Congress allows.
Georgia enacted SB 100 in April 2021. The law takes effect only if Congress changes federal law to let states stay on daylight saving time all year, which has not happened. Until then, Georgia still changes its clocks twice a year. The law has no condition about neighboring states.
Conditions
- Congress must amend 15 U.S.C. 260a to allow year-round daylight saving time
What the law says
(a) This state, including all political subdivisions thereof, shall observe daylight savings time year round as the standard time of the entire state and all of its political subdivisions. (b) This Code section shall become effective only if the United States Congress amends 15 U.S.C. Section 260a to authorize states to observe daylight savings time year round.
Sources
- O.C.G.A. 50-1-10 (FindLaw) Mirror of official text · codes.findlaw.com
- NCSL, Daylight Saving Time State Legislation (enactment date) Secondary · ncsl.org
Confirm with the state
- Agency
- Georgia General Assembly
- Website
- legis.ga.gov
How bordering states compare
- Alabama Observes DST, law to go year-roundAlabama changes its clocks for daylight saving time, but a 2021 law would keep it on daylight time all year if Congress allows.
- Florida Observes DST, law to go year-roundFlorida observes daylight saving time, but its 2018 Sunshine Protection Act would make it year-round if Congress allows.
- North Carolina Observes DSTNorth Carolina observes daylight saving time and has not enacted a law to change it.
- South Carolina Observes DST, law to go year-roundSouth Carolina observes daylight saving time; a 2020 law makes it year-round if Congress allows.
- Tennessee Observes DST, law to go year-roundTennessee observes daylight saving time and has a 2019 law to stay on it all year once Congress allows it.