Sunshine Protection Act of 2025

Bill: 119-hr-139
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Buchanan, Vern [R-FL-16]
Introduced: 2025-01-03
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: State and local government operations

Time and calendar
Latest action: action_date: 2025-01-03
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

Summaries:
action_date: 2025-01-03
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><strong>Sunshine Protection Act of 2025</strong></p><p>This bill makes daylight saving time the new, permanent standard time.</p><p>States with areas exempt from daylight saving time may choose the standard time for those areas.</p>

tv_txt: I 119th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 139 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES January 3, 2025 Mr. Buchanan introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce A BILL To make daylight savings time permanent, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Sunshine Protection Act of 2025 . 2. Making daylight savings time permanent (a) Repeal of temporary period for daylight savings time Section 3 of the Uniform Time Act of 1966 ( 15 U.S.C. 260a ) is hereby repealed. (b) Advancement of standard time (1) In general The second sentence of subsection (a) of section 1 of the Act of March 19, 1918 (commonly known as the Calder Act ) ( 15 U.S.C. 261 ), is amended— (A) by striking 4 hours and inserting 3 hours ; (B) by striking 5 hours and inserting 4 hours ; (C) by striking 6 hours and inserting 5 hours ; (D) by striking 7 hours and inserting 6 hours ; (E) by striking 8 hours and inserting by 7 hours ; (F) by striking 9 hours and inserting 8 hours ; (G) by striking 10 hours; and inserting 9 hours; ; (H) by striking 11 hours and inserting 10 hours ; and (I) by striking 10 hours. and inserting 11 hours. . (2) State exemption Such section is further amended by— (A) redesignating subsection (b) as subsection (c); and (B) inserting after subsection (a) the following: (b) Standard time for certain States and areas The standard time for a State that has exempted itself from the provisions of section 3(a) of the Uniform Time Act of 1966 ( 15 U.S.C. 260a(a) ), as in effect on the day before the date of the enactment of the Sunshine Protection Act of 2025 , pursuant to such section, or an area of a State that has exempted such area from such provisions pursuant to such section, shall be, as such State considers appropriate— (1) the standard time for such State or area, as the case may be, pursuant to subsection (a) of this section; or (2) the standard time for such State or area, as the case may be, pursuant to subsection (a) of this section as it was in effect on the day before the date of the enactment of the Sunshine Protection Act of 2025 . . (3) Conforming amendment Such section is further amended, in the second sentence of subsection (a), by striking Except as provided in section 3(a) of the Uniform Time Act of 1966 ( 15 U.S.C. 260a ), and inserting Except as provided in subsection (b), .