Sunshine Protection Act of 2025 passed the House 557 days after introduction and awaits a vote in the Senate
IntroducedJan 3, 2025
Reported—
Passed one chamberJul 14, 2026
Passed both—
Law—
What it changes · CRS summary
Written by the Congressional Research Service [2]. 32 words.
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.
Context
- Committees
- House Energy and Commerce Committee
Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee - Policy area
- Science, Technology, Communications: 52 of 2,109 bills became law, 113th–118th (2.5%)
- Sponsor
- 2 of 171 bills enacted since 2013
- Text versions
- 3, from introduced in house to referred in senate · 397 words
- Subjects
- State and local government operationsTime and calendar
- Latest action
- Jul 15, 2026: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
- Records
- Congress.gov · Bill text
Exhibit 1Passage odds band at each stage, rated when the bill reached it [4]
Related bills · 6
Each bill appears once, under its strongest link. 6 in all.
Procedural (rules, motions) · 1
- 119th H.Res. 1423 Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 139) to make daylight savings time permanent, and for other purposes; providing for considerat R · Agreed to
Related, per CRS or House · 5
- 119th S. 29 Sunshine Protection Act of 2025 R · Introduced
- 118th H.R. 1279 Sunshine Protection Act of 2023 R · Introduced
- 118th S. 582 Sunshine Protection Act of 2023 R · Introduced
- 117th H.R. 69 Sunshine Protection Act of 2021 R · Introduced
- 117th S. 623 Sunshine Protection Act of 2021 R · Passed one chamber
Exhibit 2Articles naming the bill per day, last 90 days, US sources [3]