“Americans’ lifestyles are very different than they were when Daylight Saving Time began more than a century ago,” Whitehouse said. Congress created Daylight Saving decades ago as a wartime effort, now it is well past time to lock the clock and end this experiment.”

“I don’t know a parent of a young child that would oppose getting rid of springing forward or falling back. “In a year that feels like it’s been in complete darkness, Senator Rubio and I have provided a solution to provide more sunlight by making Daylight Saving Time permanent,” Lankford said. I’m proud to reintroduce this bipartisan bill to make Daylight Saving Time permanent, and give our nation’s families more stability throughout the year.” “Studies have shown many benefits of a year-round Daylight Saving Time, which is why the Florida legislature voted to make it permanent in 2018. “The call to end the antiquated practice of clock changing is gaining momentum throughout the nation,” Rubio said. ĭaylight Saving Time begins this Sunday, March 14, and lasts until Sunday, November 7.

A one-pager of the bill is available here. Many studies have shown that making DST permanent could benefit the economy and the country. The bill would simply negate the need for Americans to change their clocks twice a year. Standard Time, from November to March, is only observed for four months out of the year. The legislation, if enacted, would apply to those states who currently participate in DST, which most states observe for eight months out of the year. Fifteen other states - Arkansas, Alabama, California, Delaware, Georgia, Idaho, Louisiana, Maine, Ohio, Oregon, South Carolina, Tennessee, Utah, Washington, and Wyoming - have passed similar laws, resolutions or voter initiatives, and dozens more are looking. The bill reflects the Florida legislature’s 2018 enactment of year-round DST however, for Florida’s change to apply, a change in the federal statute is required. Senators Marco Rubio (R-FL), James Lankford (R-OK), Roy Blunt (R-MO), Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), Ron Wyden (D-OR), Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-MS), Rick Scott (R-FL), and Ed Markey (D-MA) reintroduced the Sunshine Protection Act, legislation that would make Daylight Saving Time (DST) permanent across the country.

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