Utah didn't abandon daylight saving time

Correction, 26 October 2026: The first version of this article mixed up two Utah bills. It said that 13-year-old Nathan Flynn spoke at a debate on 16 February and that the House Government Operations Committee voted 6–3. Those details were from 2010, about a different bill (House Bill 288).^[1] Jim Nielson's 2012 bill (House Bill 199) was rejected by the House Judiciary Committee, 7–5, on 3 February 2012.^[2]

Utah will keep daylight saving time. On 3 February 2012, the Utah House Judiciary Committee voted 7–5 against House Bill 199, so the bill did not go to the full House.^[2][3]

The bill's sponsor, Representative Jim Nielson, wanted Utah to stay on mountain standard time all year instead of switching between standard time and daylight saving time each spring and fall.

Utah lawmakers had rejected a similar bill two years earlier: on 16 February 2010, a House committee voted 6–3 against House Bill 288.^[4]

Update, 26 October 2026: In 2020 Utah passed a law (Senate Bill 59) to move to daylight saving time all year, but only after Congress allows it and at least four other western states do the same.^[5] That has not happened, so Utah still changes its clocks twice a year; in 2026 the dates are 8 March and 1 November 2026. See also: Lawmaker wants Utah to abolish summer time (January 2012).