Sunshine Protection Act of 2025
This bill would make daylight saving time permanent across the United States by repealing the current rule that requires switching back to standard time in the fall. It directly affects all states and territories, though it preserves exemptions for areas like Arizona and Hawaii that currently skip daylight saving time. Key provisions include adjusting time zone calculations in historical laws (e.g., changing "4 hours" to "3 hours" in time zone references) and allowing states that already opted out of daylight saving time to maintain their preferred standard time. The bill does not create new policies but changes the legal framework to end seasonal time changes.
Bill status
in committee
1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2025
Committee Review
Floor Vote
President
Introduced Jan 7, 2025
Last action Jan 7, 2025
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2
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Committee
1
Jan 7, 2025
Committee
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
upper
Jan 7, 2025
Introduced
Introduced in Senate
upper
1 primary · 18 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Rick Scott
RRepublican
Co
Alex Padilla
DDemocratic
Co
Ashley Moody
RRepublican
Co
Bill Hagerty
RRepublican
Co
Brian Schatz
DDemocratic
Co
Cindy Hyde-Smith
RRepublican
Co
Cynthia M. Lummis
RRepublican
Co
Edward J. Markey
DDemocratic
Co
James Lankford
RRepublican
Co
Katie Boyd Britt
RRepublican
Co
Marsha Blackburn
RRepublican
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