New Hampshire legislation · 2026 Regular Session
New Hampshire HB1149: relative to abolishing daylight saving time.
Status: Failed, March 11, 2026
What the bill says
An act relative to abolishing daylight saving time. Rep. Alexander Jr., Hills. 29 COMMITTEE: Executive Departments and Administration ----------------------------------------------------------------- ANALYSIS This bill provides that New Hampshire shall abolish daylight savings time once Massachusetts, Vermont, Rhode Island, and Maine have all voted to do so. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Explanation: Matter added to current law appears in bold italics…
From the introduced text, January 7, 2026:
AN ACT relative to abolishing daylight saving time. Rep. Alexander Jr., Hills. 29 COMMITTEE: Executive Departments and Administration ----------------------------------------------------------------- ANALYSIS This bill provides that New Hampshire shall abolish daylight savings time once Massachusetts, Vermont, Rhode Island, and Maine have all voted to do so. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Explanation: Matter added to current law appears in bold italics. Matter removed from current law appears [in brackets and struckthrough.] Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type. 26-2601 09/08 STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty-Six AN ACT relative to abolishing daylight saving time. 1 Standard Time. Amend RSA 21:36 to read as follows: 21:36 Standard Time. The standard time within the state[, except as hereinafter provided,] shall be based on the mean astronomical time of the seventy-fifth degree of longitude west from Greenwich, known and …
Sponsors
- Timothy Horrigan (D, 10) · primary sponsor
- Joe Alexander (R, 29)