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IN HR0022

Resolution

Official Source

Status

Prefiled

N/A

Primary Sponsor

Jeffrey Thompson

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Origin

House of Representatives

2014 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Urges the Legislative Council to assign a study committee to examine which time zone Indiana's state capital should observe
  • Indiana is currently split between Central and Eastern Time Zones across its 92 counties
  • 12 counties (Jasper, Lake, LaPorte, Newton, Porter, Starke, Gibson, Perry, Posey, Spencer, Vanderburgh, and Warrick) are in the Central Time Zone, representing about 20% of the state's population
  • Moving the state capital to Central Time would result in fewer than 5% of Indiana's population remaining in the Eastern Time Zone
  • Commerce, education achievement, and student safety are identified as key issues related to time zone placement

Legislative Description

A HOUSE RESOLUTION urging the Legislative Council to assign to a study committee the topic of which time zone our state capital and, therefore, the majority of our citizens should observe.

Last Action

Reassigned to Roads and Transportation

2/20/2014

Committee Referrals

Roads and Transportation2/20/2014

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