Sunshine Protection Act of 2025
This bill makes daylight saving time permanent across the United States, ending the practice of changing clocks forward in the spring and back in the fall. Most Americans would get an extra hour of daylight in winter afternoons and evenings, resulting in darker winter mornings. States and territories that currently do not observe daylight saving time, such as Hawaii and most of Arizona, may choose to keep their existing standard time or switch to the new permanent time.
What this bill touches.
Who it helps · who it burdens.
Who it helps
- State and territorial governments with existing daylight saving time exemptionsSec. 2(b)(2) gives states and areas that already opted out of daylight saving time the explicit legal authority to choose whether to adopt the new year-round advanced standard time or keep their existing standard time.
- The general public in standard time zonesSec. 2(a) and Sec. 2(b)(1) advance standard time by one hour year-round and repeal the seasonal time shift, eliminating the legal requirement to adjust clocks twice a year.
The provisions, in plain language.
Ends the practice of changing clocks twice a year by repealing the temporary daylight saving time period.
Advances standard time by one hour across standard time zones, making daylight saving time the permanent, year-round standard time.
Permits states and territories that currently opt out of daylight saving time to choose whether to adopt the new permanent daylight saving time or stay on their prior standard time.