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(174,559 posts) Tue Jul 14, 2026, 05:27 PM Tuesday

House passes bill that would make daylight saving time permanent [View all]

Source: NBC News

Jul. 14, 2026, 5:19 PM EDT

Efforts in Congress to make daylight saving time permanent sprang forward after the House passed legislation that would remove the need for Americans to adjust their clocks twice a year.

The legislation, known as the Sunshine Protection Act, passed 308-117. It would put the country on the time currently observed from March to November unless a state exempted itself before the act took effect. President Donald Trump publicly pushed Congress to pass the legislation. He wrote May 21 on Truth Social that he was “going to work very hard to see The Sunshine Protection Act signed into Law.”

“It’s time that people can stop worrying about the ‘Clock,’ not to mention all of the work and money that is spent on this ridiculous, twice yearly production. It will also be a very nice WIN for the Republican Party. Take it!” Trump wrote. The bill now heads to the Senate for consideration. A Senate version of the Sunshine Protection Act stalled last year after Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Ark., objected to fast-tracking the bill’s passage via unanimous consent in October.

Cotton said the change to permanent daylight saving time could lead to overlooked negative consequences, pointing to parts of the country where the sun wouldn’t rise until 9 a.m. or later and citing potentially dangerous, dark morning commutes and workers who would need to work early mornings without sun.

Read more: https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/house-passes-bill-daylight-saving-time-permanent-sunshine-protection-rcna587531

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More like the golfers act lol n/t Cheezoholic Tuesday #1

This sucks. maxsolomon Tuesday #2

I read that it's to make saving time permanent. Wednesdays Tuesday #5

Oh, OK. maxsolomon Tuesday #6

I think you've got it backwards Fiendish Thingy Tuesday #7

Yep...in Wichita it would be a 8:40am sunrise. Dark gloomy day, 9am Bengus81 Wednesday #38

They just made DST year round here in BC too Fiendish Thingy Wednesday #45

You got it backwards Polybius Tuesday #8

Why don't we just use standard time and change normal business hours/school hours. Its the same difference. ToxMarz Tuesday #3

Because no one wants it to get dark early in the Summer n/t Polybius Tuesday #9

It gets dark at the same actual time, the only difference is what artificial time the clock says. ToxMarz Tuesday #10

Because no one wants it to get dark when the clock says 7:30 (or whatever) in the Summer Polybius Tuesday #11

I've never cared what the clock says, in relation to whether the sun is up or down. Ms. Toad Tuesday #19

Permanent standard time, not DST, is healthier ... n/t wackadoo wabbit Tuesday #4

RIGHT? If we must "lock" a time, let's make it the REAL time, not DST. Beartracks Tuesday #17

Honestly, there's no such thing as "real" time. BWdem4life Tuesday #20

Well, yeah. ;) But "noon" should be when the sun is at its zenith. Beartracks Wednesday #48

Not for commuting home from work. diane in sf Wednesday #26

This was done before back in the 70s, and they had to stop it 'cause there were multiple fatalities -- mostly school Fil1957 Tuesday #12

Maybe the kids should stay out of the streets? BWdem4life Tuesday #21

Nonsense. Ms. Toad Tuesday #23

Guilty as charged! Having lived in the 70s and recalling the news reports then, which sensationalized the predawn Fil1957 Wednesday #27

I agree with your original post. I drive every day in the early morning in the dark.... dedl67 Wednesday #35

I found a couple article of interesting articles with some studies blue_jay Wednesday #30

They say if we don't turn the clocks back ever again that in a few years it will be light all twenty four hours. twodogsbarking Tuesday #13

This is the most important issue we face! BidenRocks Tuesday #14

Time for me is pissed off. chouchou Tuesday #15

This will be repealed in 2 years or less FakeNoose Tuesday #16

At some point in my life I hope to ignore clocks entirely. hunter Tuesday #18

At what point would that be? JustABozoOnThisBus Wednesday #36

My wife and I currently live under the tyranny of the 24 hour clock at her workplace. hunter Wednesday #47

Oh FFS! sheshe2 Tuesday #22

Clever to bring it to vote soon after the switch with so many hate it question everything Tuesday #24

Good, it makes for safer driving on the commute home when people are less alert than they are in the morning. diane in sf Wednesday #25

Someone tell Fat Nixon that Regular Nixon already made this mistake, and backtracked. RockRaven Wednesday #28

In this digital age solar noon by location is viable. SalamanderSleeps Wednesday #29

I proposed in another thread that everyone use Universal Coordinated Time everywhere... hunter Wednesday #46

So we all lose an hour permanently LostOne4Ever Wednesday #31

Pushed by the Golf Lobby. /nt thought crime Wednesday #32

And the tennis lobby, the softball lobby, the growing soccer and pickleball lobbies, the little cricket lobby, etc JustABozoOnThisBus Wednesday #37

Legislation that actually does nothing to truly improve the American people's lives in a truly meaningful way. cstanleytech Wednesday #33

What? dadzilla Wednesday #34

More distraction from MILLIONS that can't afford the ACA and then massive Bengus81 Wednesday #40

In the meantime samplegirl Wednesday #39

I'm one. The Billionaire class is doing everything they can on a Bengus81 Wednesday #42

MAKE STANDARD TIME PERMANENT!! There is no "free extra daylight" without stealing it from the morning. QueerDuck Wednesday #41

I'm all in for permanent standard time! joshdawg Wednesday #43

That's Great! purr-rat beauty Wednesday #44