Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
The Sunshine Protection Act of 2025 makes daylight saving time (DST) permanent by repealing the temporary DST provision in the Uniform Time Act and adjusting statutory time offsets. It also preserves a choice for States or areas that previously exempted themselves from DST (for example Arizona or Hawaii), allowing them to retain their prior standard time or adopt the new statutory standard time.
Health and child-safety concerns versus convenience and commerce gains
Relative to its intended legislative type, this bill functions as a straightforward statutory amendment package to make daylight saving time permanent by repealing a specific provision of the Uniform Time Act and by adjusting provisions of the Act of March 19, 1918, while adding a narrow provision for States that previously exempted themselves.
The Sunshine Protection Act of 2025 makes daylight saving time (DST) permanent by repealing the temporary DST provision in the Uniform Time Act and adjusting statutory time offsets.
It also preserves a choice for States or areas that previously exempted themselves from DST (for example Arizona or Hawaii), allowing them to retain their prior standard time or adopt the new statutory standard time.
Content is narrow and administratively simple, improving odds, but regional resistance and Senate procedural hurdles lower the overall chance.
Relative to its intended legislative type, this bill functions as a straightforward statutory amendment package to make daylight saving time permanent by repealing a specific provision of the Uniform Time Act and by adjusting provisions of the Act of March 19, 1918, while adding a narrow provision for States that previously exempted themselves.
Health and child-safety concerns versus convenience and commerce gains
These are examples from the analysis, not a ranked list of the most-affected groups.
Health and child-safety concerns versus convenience and commerce gains
Skeptical to somewhat opposed.
Supports ending biannual clock changes, but concerned permanent DST harms public health, child safety, and circadian rhythms.
Wants evidence-based safeguards and opt-outs for affected communities.
Cautiously favorable.
Appreciates uniformity and eliminating clock changes, but wants attention to safety, state autonomy, and costless implementation.
Seeks modest safeguards and clear guidance.
Generally supportive.
Favors ending clock switching to reduce nuisance and promote economic activity, and values the bill's limited carve-out for previously exempt states.
Some limited concern about federal overreach.
Reached or meaningfully advanced
Reached or meaningfully advanced
Still ahead
Still ahead
Still ahead
Content is narrow and administratively simple, improving odds, but regional resistance and Senate procedural hurdles lower the overall chance.
The bill has not accumulated any surfaced votes yet.
Health and child-safety concerns versus convenience and commerce gains
Content is narrow and administratively simple, improving odds, but regional resistance and Senate procedural hurdles lower the overall chan…
Relative to its intended legislative type, this bill functions as a straightforward statutory amendment package to make daylight saving time permanent by repealing a specific provision of the Uniform Time Act and by adj…
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