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House to Vote Next Week on Making Daylight Saving Time Permanent

A House vote could settle whether the country stops changing clocks twice a year.

The afternoon sun shines on the U.S. Capitol Building on July 1, 2026, in Washington, D.C.
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Overview

  • A notice posted Thursday set a full House vote next week on the Sunshine Protection Act after the bill won a 48-1 endorsement from the House Energy and Commerce Committee in May.
  • The version under consideration would fix clocks on the March‑to‑November schedule and include a new provision that lets states opt out of year‑round daylight saving time.
  • President Donald Trump has publicly backed the measure as an end to the twice‑annual clock changes and a cost and convenience win for businesses and local governments.
  • The bill faces organized resistance from some senators and public‑health groups who warn that permanent daylight saving time would push winter sunrises much later and disrupt human circadian rhythms.
  • If the House approves the bill, the Senate would have to take it up again before it could reach the president, and the debate revives memories of a short, unpopular year‑round DST experiment in 1974.