Sunshine Protection Act of 2025
H.R. 139 · Science, Technology, Communications
What it does
Sunshine Protection Act of 2025
This bill makes daylight saving time the new, permanent standard time.
States with areas exempt from daylight saving time may choose the standard time for those areas.
Summary by the Congressional Research Service (Introduced in House), via GovInfo BILLSTATUS. Text, sponsors and history on Congress.gov. Sponsor: Rep. Buchanan, Vern [R-FL-16].
House vote
Passed 308–117 on July 14, 2026 · On Passage
Democrats 114–95, Independents 1–0, Republicans 193–22
Source: Official roll call · Voteview
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