Bill makes daylight saving time permanent nationwide.

What it does

The bill stops twice-yearly clock changes. Americans would keep daylight time all year. States that now skip daylight saving can stay on standard time. The bill changes a 1966 law. It amends the 1918 Calder Act to shift time zones forward one hour.

Who it affects

All Americans would stop changing clocks twice yearly. States like Hawaii and most of Arizona can keep standard time. Schools, workers, and families would see darker winter mornings in northern states.

One thing to notice

The bill does not address school safety during dark winter mornings. It does not cover Native American reservations or U.S. territories.

From the analysis of the bill text, linked under Primary records below.

Where it stands

34 cosponsors: 31 Republicans, 3 Democrats.

• Jan 3, 2025 — Introduced · Congress.gov: “Introduced in House”
• Jan 3, 2025 — Referred to House Committee on Energy and Commerce and Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation · Congress.gov: “Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce”
• Jul 14, 2026 — Passed the House · Congress.gov: “On passage Passed by the Yeas and Nays: 308 - 117 (Roll no. 238)”

Dates and quoted wording are Congress.gov's action record; the timeline shows status changes, not every procedural step.

Money around this bill

5 groups reported lobbying about this bill. They filed 9 reports from Dec 2025 to Jun 2026.

Those reports show $9,192,475 in lobbying spending. Each report lists about 17 bills. So that money was not all for this bill.

More groups named this bill than 78% of bills with any report.

Vern Buchanan, who sponsored the bill, received $547,200 from PACs for the 2026 election.

• National Association of Broadcasters — $5,600,000 in 2 reports
• Real Estate Roundtable — $2,486,717 in 2 reports
• National Association of Mutual Insurance Companies — $1,005,758 in 2 reports
• Salem Media Group — $70,000 in 2 reports
• Professional Golfers' Association of America — $30,000 in 1 report

Lobbying is legal. These reports show who lobbied about this bill, not what changed.

Words to know

• daylight saving time — Moving clocks forward one hour in spring and back in fall.
• standard time — The regular time used in winter when clocks are not moved.
• Calder Act — A 1918 federal law that lets states choose their own time zones.
• time zones — Regions where clocks show the same time based on location.
• lobbying — Trying to influence lawmakers about a bill. Companies and groups pay people to do this.
• PACs — Groups that collect money and give it to candidates for office.