Bill Description: House Bill 140 would enact standard time in Idaho's two time zones permanently, contingent on Oregon and Washington agreeing to do the same. 

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Does it violate the principles of federalism by increasing federal authority, yielding to federal blandishments, or incorporating changeable federal laws into Idaho statutes or rules? Examples include citing federal code without noting as it is written on a certain date, using state resources to enforce federal law, and refusing to support and uphold the tenth amendment. conversely, does it restore or uphold the principles of federalism?

House Bill 140 would create sections 73-123 and 73-214, Idaho Code, to exempt Idaho from Daylight Saving Time in both the Mountain and Pacific time zones respectively. 

The portion of the state that is in the Mountain time zone would be exempted from Daylight Saving Time "on and after January 1 of the first year following or coinciding with effectuation of exemption from Daylight Saving Time in the portion of the state of Oregon that is in the Mountain Time Zone."

The portion of the state that is in the Pacific time zone would be exempted from Daylight Saving Time "on and after January 1 of the first year following or coinciding with effectuation of exemption from Daylight Saving Time in the state of Washington."

The bill would also obligate the state to conform to any new federal law mandating "permanent Daylight Saving Time in a majority of all states."

While opting out of Daylight Saving Time may be a good idea, it would be preferable for Idaho to chart its own course independently from other states and the federal government.

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