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IN HCR0002
Concurrent Resolution
Status
1/4/2018
Primary Sponsor
Jeffrey Thompson
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AI Summary
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Urges the Indiana Legislative Council to assign a study committee to examine which time zone(s) Indiana's 92 counties should be located in
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Indiana was originally in the Central Time Zone from 1883-1965, with 80 counties moved to Eastern Time in the mid-1960s to facilitate financial transactions and television broadcasts with the East Coast
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Cites student safety concerns due to excessive morning darkness during the school year, affecting approximately 850,000 students in the 80 Eastern Time Zone counties
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References health and safety statistics including Indiana ranking 7th most obese, 8th most tired, highest teen car crash death rate, and second highest teen suicide attempt rate in the nation
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Notes that 50 Indiana school boards and 25,000 citizens have signed resolutions supporting restoration to Central Time Zone
Legislative Description
Urging the legislative council to assign to an appropriate study committee the topic of the determination of the time zone or time zones in which Indiana's 92 counties should be located.
Last Action
Representative Olthoff added as coauthor
1/11/2018