JUST IN: House Passes Bill to Make Daylight Saving Time Permanent

Soon, you may no longer have to change your clocks twice a year.

On Tuesday, the House passed a bill that would get rid of those annoying clock changes that mess up your sleep schedule every year.

It passed in a bipartisan vote of 308-117.

Check it out:

BREAKING: The House has passed legislation to make Daylight Saving Time permanent nationwide, ending the twice-a-year clock changes by a 308-117 vote. Backed by President Trump, the bill now heads to the Senate. If approved and signed into law, Americans would no longer have to… pic.twitter.com/6iy9O9ZWYf

— Breaking911 (@Breaking911) July 14, 2026

Specifically, this bill would make Daylight Saving Time — the time change where you “spring forward” and lose an hour of sleep in March — permanent.

It now heads to the Senate.

If passed, President Trump has signaled that he would approve it.

Fox News reported further:

Lawmakers voted 308-117 to pass the Sunshine Protection Act, which would allow states to voluntarily observe daylight saving time year-round as a growing mass of lawmakers push to extend daylight into the evening hours.

“For decades, we have accepted this ritual of springing forward and falling back, even though it disrupts routines, throws off our sleep and creates unnecessary frustration for families across the country,” Rep. Kat Cammack, R-Fla., said Tuesday, detailing how the clock changes have disrupted her infant son’s sleep schedule.

“Let’s stop asking Americans to reset their clocks every March and November,” she continued. “Let’s provide some certainty and consistency and a little more sunshine at the end of the day.”

The legislation divided lawmakers in both parties, with members largely from coastal areas, such as Louisiana, Florida and New Jersey, supporting permanent daylight saving time and others from the Midwest and agriculture-heavy states opposing it.

Democrats were nearly evenly split, with House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., opposing it. Just 22 Republicans voted in opposition, including Reps. Bryan Steil, R-Wis.; Rick Crawford, R-Ark.; Ryan Zinke, R-Mont.; and Harriet Hageman, R-Wyo.

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The measure now heads to the Senate, where its prospects remain uncertain amid skepticism from members of both parties. President Donald Trump, who has long called for ending the twice-a-year clock changes, is expected to sign the bill if it reaches his desk.

You’d be hard-pressed to find anyone who supports keeping this ridiculous, outdated practice of changing the time twice a year going.

Many people want the Senate to pass this bill immediately:

🚨 HOUSE PASSES IT! Daylight Saving Time going PERMANENT, no more stupid clock changes twice a year!

Bill passed 308-117 and heading to the Senate. President Trump supports it.

Finally some common sense in DC. Spring forward and stay there.

Term limits should be next up.

— Gunther Eagleman™ (@GuntherEagleman) July 14, 2026

THANK THE LORD.

ONE OF THE BEST PIECES OF COMMON SENSE LEGISLATION THIS DECADE!

— Austin (@MrAustinPredict) July 14, 2026

But, some people are critical of the way that Congress is going about it.

Critics argue that it would be better to keep permanent Standard Time, as opposed to Daylight Saving Time.

Take a look at some of these other replies:

TERRIBLE. Permanent DST means 8:45am sunrise in most states. Tell the Senate to amend to permanent Standard Time! pic.twitter.com/6SsvemRYpD

— Save Standard Time (@SaveStandard) July 14, 2026

It’s shocking that even something as simple as this can be completely botched by Congress. It has been known for years that permanent standard time is superior in health outcomes, circadian rhythm, and safety. This is essentially consensus in the scientific community. pic.twitter.com/f8qP1qg5nG

— Kyle Kettler MD (@KyleKettlerMD) July 15, 2026

Congress did this exact same thing in 1974! They passed permanent Daylight Saving Time during the energy crisis, and within three months, people hated it so much because their kids were walking to school in the dark that Congress had to do an emergency repeal and switch it right…

— Matt 🇺🇸 (@magaunlimited) July 15, 2026

Congress is making a grave error.
Standard time should be the law of the land.

“Early to bed and early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise.”
– Benjamin Franklin pic.twitter.com/kL9HNX645m

— CRIXUS (@CRIXUSwasHERE) July 14, 2026

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Interestingly, the government has made Daylight Saving Time permanent in the past — in the 1970s under Richard Nixon, to be precise.

But, it didn’t last long because this change meant that the sun wouldn’t rise until after 8 AM in some states.

NBC News provided more background on the history of the time change:

Changing the clock twice a year is unpopular among Americans, according to a 2025 AP-NORC poll, but opinions about how to change the system are divided. Congress has tried to tackle the issue before, and in 2022 the Senate voted to make daylight saving time permanent by unanimous consent — a measure that failed to advance in the House.

In the 1970s, President Richard Nixon signed into law a bill that would have made daylight saving time the norm for two years to conserve energy during the oil crisis, but the legislation was repealed after less than a year of having taken effect, as Americans disapproved of the dark early mornings.

Almost all states have considered legislation to stop the biannual time changes, and 19 states have enacted bills that would allow year-round daylight saving time if Congress were to do the same, according to the National Conference of State Legislatures.

Daylight saving time was temporarily used as a wartime measure during World War I and World War II, but it wasn’t made official nationwide until the Uniform Time Act of 1966. The change made it so that clocks are advanced one hour in March and delayed one hour in November.

Arizona, Hawaii and various U.S. territories, including Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands, don’t observe daylight saving time.

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What do you think?

Should the Senate pass this bill as-is? Or would it be better to abolish Daylight Saving Time and make Standard Time permanent, instead?