HR 5278 · 115th Congress 2017–2019, ended

Sunshine State Act

Introduced Mar 14, 2018 Originated House Sponsor Vern Buchanan R-FL

Fact sheet

Latest action · Mar 16, 2018 Referred to the Subcommittee on Digital Commerce and Consumer Protection.

Progress

Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.

  1. IntroducedMar 14, 2018
  2. Passed HouseNot reached
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

Sunshine State Act

This bill amends the Uniform Time Act of 1966 to provide that the standard time for Florida shall permanently be Coordinated Universal Time retarded by four hours (Daylight Saving Time for the Eastern time zone).

Cosponsors 3

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Mar 14, 2018 to Mar 15, 2018, with 2 there on the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
D-FLDarren SotoOriginalMar 14, 2018
R-FLTed S. YohoOriginalMar 14, 2018
R-FLCarlos CurbeloMar 15, 2018

Actions 3

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Mar 16, 2018Referred to the Subcommittee on Digital Commerce and Consumer Protection.
  2. Mar 14, 2018Introduced in House
  3. Mar 14, 2018Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

Related bills 2

Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.

BillTitleRelationshipLatest action
S 2536Sunshine State ActRelated billMar 12, 2018
HR 5279Sunshine Protection Act of 2018Related billMar 16, 2018

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications.

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. Mar 14, 2018Introduced in House

Support LegiList

This page is free, carries no paywall, and is built and maintained by one person. If the record here is useful to you, a few dollars keeps it going.

$1 $5 $10

Processed by Stripe in a separate window. LegiList never sees card details.

Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov.