HB 1223 Oklahoma House · 2025 Regular Session

Daylight saving time; mandating year-round standard time; effective date.

HB 1223, titled the "Wyman West Actual Lock the Clock Act," proposes that Oklahoma adopt year-round standard time (instead of daylight saving time) once federal law permits states to do so. It would take effect on November 1, 2025, requiring the state to permanently use standard time after the November 2, 2025, time change transition. This bill directly affects all Oklahomans, state agencies, and local governments by changing the state's time standard from the current seasonal shift to a fixed standard time. The provision is conditional on federal authorization for year-round daylight saving time, and it explicitly excludes federal transportation and commerce regulations from this change.

Bill status failed 1 of 4 stages cleared

Introduction

Feb 2025

Committee Review

Floor Vote

Governor

Introduced Feb 3, 2025 Last action Mar 25, 2025

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Proposed Policy Committee Substitute 1 → Floor (House) · 3 edits

MINOR

The bill was amended to transition from a committee substitute version to a floor version, adding co-authors from the Senate and updating the header to reflect the House floor. The core policy regarding daylight saving time remains unchanged, as the amendment explicitly deletes the previous text and re-inserts the same substantive language. No changes were made to the act's scope, funding, definitions, or effective date.

TECHNICAL

Updated the bill header to include Senate co-authors and changed the version title from 'Proposed Policy Committee Substitute' to 'Committee Substitute' for the House Floor.

Replaced the committee amendment header with a standard floor version header, indicating the text is ready for final legislative action.

Added a committee report note at the end indicating the bill passed the committee with amendments and co-authorship.

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Committee

Mar 10, 2025

Lower · Passed

CR; Do Pass, amended by committee substitute Government Oversight Committee

lower

Feb 25, 2025

Lower · Passed

Policy recommendation to the Government Oversight committee; Do Pass, amended by committee substitute General Government

lower

Feb 4, 2025

Committee

Referred to General Government

lower

Feb 3, 2025

Introduced

First Reading

lower

2 primary · 0 co-sponsors