Bipartisan senators have reintroduced a bill that would make Daylight Saving Time permanent.
The Sunshine Protection Act passed in the Senate in 2022 but was not taken up in the House.
Sen. Rick Scott (R-FL), leading the group of senators, said, “I hear from Americans constantly that they are sick and tired of changing their clocks twice a year – it’s an unnecessary, decades-old practice that’s more of an annoyance to families than benefit to them.”
“I’m excited to have President Trump back in the White House and fully on board to LOCK THE CLOCK so we can get this good bill passed and make this common-sense change that will simplify and benefit the lives of American families,” Scott said.
The senators joining Scott in the Sunshine Protection Act include Patty Murray (D-WA), Tommy Tuberville (R-AL), Rand Paul (R-KY), Ron Wyden (D-OR), Bill Hagerty (R-TN), Cynthia Lummis (R-WY), Ed Markey (D-MA), Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), James Lankford (R-OK), Martin Heinrich (D-NM), Alex Padilla (D-CA), Brian Schatz (D-HI), Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-MS), Tina Smith (D-MN), and Katie Britt (R-AL).
Last year, Sens. Markey and Marco Rubio (R-FL) called for Daylight Saving Time to be permanent.
“Instead of springing forward and falling back every year, we should just make Daylight Saving Time permanent,” Markey said in a March press release. “The antiquated biannual ritual of toggling between times isn’t just an inconvenience—it also has very real impacts on our economy, our energy consumption, and our health. We know the sun will come out tomorrow, so let’s make that sun stay out an hour later by making Daylight Saving Time permanent and passing the Sunshine Protection Act. You can bet your bottom dollar that tomorrow there’ll be sun … and smiles.”
Rubio stated, “We’re ‘springing forward’ but should have never ‘fallen back.’ My Sunshine Protection Act would end this stupid practice of changing our clocks back and forth.”
