Will daylight saving time become permanent after House passes bill?
Lawmakers are one step closer to making daylight saving time permanent after the House passed a bill with overwhelming support.
2026-07-14
The House passed a bill to end semiannual clock-changing with bipartisan support, though its future in the Senate is uncertain.
Lawmakers are one step closer to making daylight saving time permanent after the House passed a bill with overwhelming support.
The measure also allows states to opt out if they take action before the federal law is enacted.
House Republicans and Democrats united in favor of a bill to eliminate semiannual clock-changing, but it faces an uncertain fate in the Senate.
The House advanced a Trump-backed bill to make daylight saving time permanent, ending decades of clock resetting, while Senate hurdles remain.
The House of Representatives passed a Trump-backed bill that would end decades of Americans having to reset their clocks twice a year.
Congress has a new plan to make daylight saving time permanent, eliminating Americans' need to adjust their clocks twice a year.
There will be no turning back the clock if the House has its way. The House passed a bill Tuesday that would make daylight saving time permanent. Proponents, including the White House, argued the change would provide more daylight during the times that Americans are most active.
The House overwhelmingly passed a bipartisan, Trump-backed bill to end twice-yearly clock changes, sending it to the Senate.
The bill, sponsored by Rep. Vern Buchanan (R-Fla.), will now head to the Senate.
The U.S. House on Tuesday overwhelmingly passed a bill backed by President Donald Trump that would make daylight saving time permanent year-round, sending the legislation to the Senate. The Sunshine Protection Act, which would end the twice-yearly clock changes, passed with bipartisan support in a…
The twice-a-year ritual of changing your clocks may soon become a thing of the past. A bipartisan bill backed by President Donald Trump that would make daylight saving time permanent advanced Monday after clearing the House Rules Committee, setting up a vote before the full House. The committee app…
Trump supports the effort, which cleared House Rules Committee 6-4 and would let states lock in year-round Daylight Saving Time.
The U.S. House of Representatives passed a bill that would make daylight saving time permanent, eliminating the twice-yearly practice of changing clocks. The bill passed with bipartisan support and now moves to the Senate.
All sides agree on the core action: the House passed a bipartisan bill to make daylight saving time permanent, now headed to the Senate. Left outlets emphasize the bipartisan unity and note the uncertain Senate future, framing it more procedurally. Center outlets highlight the Senate hurdles remaining and note the bill is Trump-backed and White House-supported. Right outlets most prominently emphasize President Trump's backing of the bill and use more evaluative language framing clock changes as a 'ritual' or 'disaster' to be ended.
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