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SB 1KANSASSession 2025-2026State Billdead

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Kansas exempts state from daylight saving time and ties permanent observation to federal action

Original title: AN ACT exempting the state of Kansas from daylight saving time; providing for moving to permanent daylight saving time upon an act of Congress requiring such move.

Last action · April 10, 2026: Died on House CalendarSponsor: Kenny Titus

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What This Bill Proposed

Kansas exempts itself from observing daylight saving time starting after 2 a.m. on the first Sunday of November of 2025 following the act's effective date, and provides for shifting to permanent central daylight saving time if Congress passes a federal mandate requiring it.

Why it matters

Changes standard timekeeping across Kansas businesses and residents, while explicitly preserving federal time standards for interstate common carriers and federal agency operations.

Who It Would Have Affected

Groups the bill's text would have affected, as described in the record. Being affected is not a position for or against it.

Directly affected

Kansas residents

Kansas residents experience a change in time observance, moving away from daylight saving time until a federal mandate occurs.

Directly affected

Common carriers engaged in interstate commerce

Common carriers maintain standard time established by United States law governing their movements without disruption from state-level exemptions.

Key Facts

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Frequently Asked Questions

When does Kansas stop observing daylight saving time under this act?

Commencing after 2 o'clock on the first Sunday of November of 2025 following the effective date of the act.

What triggers permanent central daylight saving time in Kansas?

The enactment of a federal law requiring the year-round observation of central daylight saving time and subsequent publication of notice by the secretary of state in the .

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Where This Stands

This bill did not become law - Died in committee.

Procedural history

15 actions

Apr 10, 2026House
Died on House Calendar
Mar 17, 2026House
Hearing: Tuesday, March 17, 2026, 9:00 AM — Room 346-S
Mar 17, 2026HouseFloor
Committee Report recommending bill be passed by
Mar 24, 2025HouseIntroduced
Received and Introduced
Mar 24, 2025HouseCommittee
Referred to House Committee on Federal and State Affairs
Mar 20, 2025Senate
Committee of the Whole - Now working on

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Mar 20, 2025SenateFloor
Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted
Mar 20, 2025SenateFloor
Committee of the Whole - Be passed as amended
Mar 20, 2025Senate
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Mar 20, 2025SenateFloor
Emergency Final Action - Passed as amended
Mar 19, 2025SenateFloor
Committee Report recommending bill be passed as amended by
Jan 23, 2025Senate
Hearing: Thursday, January 23, 2025, 10:30 AM — Room 144-S
Jan 14, 2025SenateCommittee
Referred to Senate Committee on Federal and State Affairs
Jan 13, 2025SenateIntroduced
Prefiled for Introduction on Friday, January 3, 2025
Jan 13, 2025SenateIntroduced
Introduced

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Connected Entities

Secretary of State, Kansas, Missouri

OrganizationSecretary of State“Monitors enactment of Missouri law or federal law and publishes notice in the Ka”Map →

locationKansas“State exempting itself from daylight saving time”Map →

locationMissouri“State whose enactment of daylight saving time exemption is monitored by the secr”Map →

Sources

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www.kslegislature.gov

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