Sunshine Protection Act of 2021
Summary
Sunshine Protection Act of 2021 This bill makes daylight saving time the new, permanent standard time, effective November 5, 2023. States with areas exempt from daylight saving time may choose the standard time for those areas.
Bill status
passed
3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Mar 2021
Committee Review
Mar 2022
Senate Passage
Mar 2022
House Passage
President
Introduced Mar 9, 2021
Last action Mar 16, 2022
Floor votes
How they voted
This bill passed the Senate by voice vote (no roll call recorded).
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
9
Key actions
3
Committee
2
Mar 15, 2022
Upper · Passed
Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent.
upper
Mar 15, 2022
Upper · Passed
Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent.
upper
Mar 15, 2022
Upper · Passed
Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation discharged by Unanimous Consent.
upper
Mar 9, 2021
Committee
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
upper
Mar 9, 2021
Introduced
Introduced in Senate
upper
1 primary · 18 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Marco Rubio
RRepublican
Co
Alex Padilla
DDemocratic
Co
Bill Hagerty
RRepublican
Co
Cindy Hyde-Smith
RRepublican
Co
Cory A. Booker
DDemocratic
Co
Dianne Feinstein
DDemocratic
Co
Edward J. Markey
DDemocratic
Co
James Lankford
RRepublican
Co
James M. Inhofe
RRepublican
Co
Marsha Blackburn
RRepublican
Co
Martin Heinrich
DDemocratic
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