Sunshine Protection Act of 2025
In committeeIntroducedJan 3, 2025
Policy areaScience, Technology, Communications
Cosponsors34
What this bill is intended to do
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.
Latest action
Jul 15, 2026Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
How Congress voted · House roll call 238 · Jul 14, 2026
308 Yea117 Nay6 Not voting
Passed
How each party voted
Republicans193–22
Democrats114–95
Independents1–0
C64
Graded by The Quiet Ledger
The Sunshine Protection Act of 2025 aims to make daylight savings time permanent by amending existing time-related statutes. It allows states to choose their standard time if they previously opted out of daylight savings time. The bill does not involve financial appropriations or direct fiscal impacts.
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Structural flags⚑ Spends without a pay-for