Personally, I'm all in favor of this. Having lived ten years in the Carribbean where we never changed the clocks, I love the idea of not having to change the time on all twelve clocks we have in this house twice a year.
The Sunshine Protection Act is a proposed federal bill that would make daylight saving time permanent nationwide. If passed, it would eliminate the biannual process of changing clocks, keeping the U.S. on extended daylight hours year-round.
The Senate companion bill (S.29) was introduced by Senator Rick Scott (R-Fla.) with bipartisan cosponsors. In May 2026, the House Energy and Commerce Committee advanced the bill. President Donald Trump has expressed public support for the legislation, urging lawmakers to approve year-round daylight hours.
In 2018, Florida passed bipartisan legislation to adopt year-round Daylight Saving Time pending federal action. Nineteen states have enacted laws or resolutions to establish permanent daylight saving time once allowed by federal statute. Under the bill, states that do not opt out will adopt the permanent time, while areas like Hawaii and most of Arizona would remain on standard time.
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Nope. Permanent STANDARD TIME.
ReplyDeleteWell, in lower latitudes such as, um, Florida it's not that big an issue, but here in New England year-round DST would mean kids walking to school in the dark in the winter. Sooner or later some kids would be killed or injured by drivers who didn't see them until too late. As you may recall we tried this once before -- in 1974 during the Energy Crisis™. The experiment ended pretty quickly, largely due to the objections of alarmed parents, I think.
ReplyDeleteYear-round standard time also has its drawbacks. It would mean that in summer in my neck of the woods sunrise would occur shortly after 4 AM -- hours before most people get up. I personally would rather have an extra hour of sunlight in the evening rather than when I'm sound asleep.
Finally, I understand that changing our clocks twice a year is a PITA -- but a pretty minor one, after all. What, 10 whole minutes every six months? The horror! How come the people who bitch and moan about this don't seem to care or comment on the hours -- days! -- we have to spend to do our taxes every year? (Or pay an exorbitant fee to a CPA.) Now THAT is something worth complaining about!