House passes bill that would make daylight saving time permanent
The 308-117 vote sends a Trump-backed bill to the Senate, where opponents warn of darker winter mornings and school safety risks.
- On Tuesday, the House voted 308-117 to pass the Sunshine Protection Act, advancing legislation backed by President Donald Trump that would allow states to make Daylight Saving Time permanent.
- Rep. Vern Buchanan, R-Fla., who authored the bill, said Americans are "tired of the biannual time change," while Nineteen states have already passed legislation to make the change permanent.
- House Energy and Commerce ranking member Rep. Frank Pallone, D-N.J., told lawmakers that "the benefits of stopping the biannual changing of the clocks are numerous and clear," citing tourism boosts.
- Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Ark., warned the act would result in "absurdly late" winter sunrises, while the American Medical Association argues year-round standard time better aligns with natural daylight.
- The Senate must now pass the bill, which requires at least 60 votes to succeed, though a 1974 attempt at permanent daylight saving time was repealed less than a year later.
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House Passes Bill to Enact Year-Round Daylight Saving Time – The American Spectator | USA News and Politics
On Tuesday, July 14, 2026, the U.S. House of Representatives passed the Sunshine Protection Act (H.R. 139), a bill aimed to eliminate twice-annual clock change, by a vote of 308-117. The Act will make daylight saving time (DST) permanent across the U.S., although states have the option to opt out and instead use permanent standard time if they act before the bill officially takes effect. Rep. Vern Buchanan (R-Fla.) has been a longtime supporter …
Lawmakers push to make daylight saving time permanent
Congress took its biggest step yet toward ending the twice-yearly changing of the clocks. The House passed the Sunshine Protection Act, which would make daylight saving time permanent nationwide. The bipartisan bill now heads to the Senate, where a similar effort stalled several years ago. Geoff Bennett discussed the push to stop changing the clocks with Scott Yates of the Lock the Clock Alliance.
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CHATTANOOGA, TN.- Could the debate between standard time or daylight savings time be coming to an end? The U-S House of representatives passed the sunshine protection act yesterday. The bipartisan bill would make daylight savings time permanent. Supporters of the bill say this would give Americans more daylight in the evening…while critics say the darker mornings could pose a risk to health and safety. We spoke to one local person who said he is…
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