House Passes Permanent Daylight Saving Time Bill, Leaving Senate to Decide Before 2026 Ends
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Updated · Fox News · Aug 17
House Passes Permanent Daylight Saving Time Bill, Leaving Senate to Decide Before 2026 Ends
3 articles · Updated · Fox News · Aug 17
Summary
House lawmakers approved a bill earlier this year to make Daylight Saving Time permanent nationwide, ending the twice-yearly clock changes if the Senate acts before this Congress expires.
Senate backers including Rick Scott and Ben Ray Lujan say a single year-round time would cut disruption, improve health and keep more afternoon daylight in winter, especially in southern states.
Opposition is strongest in northern and split-time-zone states, where critics warn permanent DST would leave children commuting in darkness and deepen winter morning sun delays.
Congress tried year-round Daylight Saving Time during the 1973 oil crisis but reversed course within 6 months after public backlash over dark winter mornings, a history that still shadows the Senate debate.