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Not exactly what happened in the end. The house and senate in Georgia agreed on DST. However we can’t change to permanent DST yet. By Federal Law an act of Congress has to happen to change the law.

https://www.fox5atlanta.com/weather/permanent-daylight-savin...

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Why is an Act of Congress necessary for a State to select its timezone and DST? Arizona has been ignoring DST for many, many years now. It didn't need Congress's permission to do that, AFAIK. And in Indiana, it's county-by-county, so you can change timezones many times, back and forth, just driving across the state.

It's the same for California as well

WA, OR, and CA have all passed state laws to stay on DST. Waiting on federal govt to allow it.

Oh, CA actually did pass it? I thought it was still pending, and WA and OR were waiting on us. Did a quick search, and I don't see anything more recent than this past April, when it was not yet fully passed.

There's also the federal-level Sunshine Protection Act[0], which the Senate has passed, but annoyingly the House put it on hold back in March right after receiving it, and hasn't acted on it. Lame.

[0] https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/senate-bill/623...

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