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House passes Sunshine Act
The U.S. House approved the Sunshine Protection Act on Tuesday by a 308–117 vote, sending the bill to the Senate to decide whether daylight saving time will become permanent nationwide.
“Tuesday, the House of Representatives voted 308 to 117 to make daylight saving time a permanent nationwide measure, advancing a bill that would end the semiannual time change for most Americans and give states a clearer choice about whether to keep a later sunset in winter or forgo it”
The House vote would end the twice-a-year clock changes, and one article says the measure would make daylight saving time permanent nationwide while states could opt out and remain on standard time if their legislatures act before the measure takes effect.
The bill’s next step is Senate approval, and one report says it is unclear whether the Senate will take it up.
Supporters frame the change as a political and policy win for President Donald Trump, and one report says the White House supports the proposal and presidential advisers are expected to recommend that Trump sign it if it reaches his desk.
If Congress and the president do not change the law before then, one report says clocks will be turned back one hour on Nov. 1.
Voices split on clocks
Oregon’s congressional delegation split on the bill, with four of Oregon’s six U.S. representatives voting against making daylight saving time year-round and only Rep. Cliff Bentz (R-Ore.) voting yes.
Rep. Suzanne Bonamici (D-Ore.) told Willamette Week that she voted against the bill because “most medical experts recommend Standard rather than Daylight Saving Time,” and she added that “Standard time is more aligned with our natural sleep cycles.”
In the House vote tally, one report says of the 117 representatives who voted against the act, 22 were Republican and 95 were Democrats, while six representatives did not enter a vote.
The same House-passage coverage also notes that the White House supports the proposal and that Trump has backed it, with one report quoting Trump’s view that it is “a very nice WIN for the Republican Party. Take it!”
Even with broad House support, one report says Senate leaders have not committed to bringing it up for a vote, and it describes opposition already indicated by some senators.
What changes if it passes
If the Sunshine Protection Act becomes law, the debate in California centers on later winter sunrises and later winter sunsets, and one report says the twice-a-year clock changes would be gone for good for most Americans.
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One California-focused report says that if year-round daylight saving time is adopted in California, winter sunsets would occur an hour later than they do under standard time, and sunrise would also come an hour later, leaving more people traveling to work and school before daylight.
The same coverage lays out a specific example for 2026, saying that under standard time the earliest sunset of the year usually falls around Dec. 7 and will be around 4:43 p.m. in California in 2026, while permanent daylight saving time would move it to around 5:43 p.m.
Opponents argue the trade-off is darker winter mornings, and one report includes a warning from Nanette Barragán that “permanent daylight savings time poses health and safety issues,” citing doctors and major medical organizations.
Supporters counter that the change would shift daylight so it lasts later into the evening during winter, and one report says the bill would require states to observe year-round daylight saving time unless they exempt themselves before it takes effect.
