---
type: "Bill"
title: "Daylight saving time; observe year-round if federal law is amended to allow it."
description: "Daylight saving time; observe year-round if federal law is amended to allow it."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ms"
legislature: "Mississippi Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 1062"
citation: "Mississippi HB 1062 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Interstate Cooperation", "Rules"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Arnold"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 11
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-01-18T06:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2021-03-17T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b072eab8-ef42-458c-8fb9-30d0a8fb5eef"
source_url: "http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2021/pdf/House_authors/Arnold.xml"
source_hash: "c73a6b6da9a7bc0d44be9049c79b7fd05862432b99505c2c84bcab8c89ffdb45"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ms"]
---

# Mississippi HB 1062 (2021) — Daylight saving time; observe year-round if federal law is amended to allow it.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **As Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2021/html/HB/1000-1099/HB1062IN.htm)
2. **As Passed the lower** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2021/html/HB/1000-1099/HB1062PS.htm)
3. **Current version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2021/html/HB/1000-1099/HB1062SG.htm)

## Votes

- Passage — **51–0** (pass) · upper
- Passage — **116–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Arnold — primary (person)
- Boyd — cosponsor (person)
- Lancaster — cosponsor (person)
- Williamson — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2021-01-18T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Interstate Cooperation `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-01T06:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2021-02-10T06:00:00+00:00** Passed `passage`
- **2021-02-11T06:00:00+00:00** Transmitted To Senate `introduction`
- **2021-02-23T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Rules `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-01T06:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass `committee-passage`
- **2021-03-10T06:00:00+00:00** Passed `passage`
- **2021-03-11T06:00:00+00:00** Returned For Enrolling
- **2021-03-12T06:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2021-03-12T06:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
- **2021-03-17T05:00:00+00:00** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b072eab8-ef42-458c-8fb9-30d0a8fb5eef`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Mississippi legislature records).