President Donald Trump renewed his call for year-round daylight saving time Wednesday, urging the Senate to advance a bill that passed the House but remains in committee.
Trump wrote on Truth Social: “Too bad the Senate has not yet approved the Sunshine Protection Act, or, the I Don’t Want to Change My Clocks Anymore Act.”
The House approved H.R. 139 by a 308-117 vote on July 14, House Clerk records show. The Senate referred the measure to the Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation on July 15. That is the latest action listed in the bill’s congressional record.
The bill would keep daylight saving time in effect throughout the year. It would let a state or an area of a state that had already opted out continue using standard time, according to the bill text.
Supporters in House debate said more evening daylight could benefit tourism, hospitality, recreation and outdoor activities. Rep. Madeleine Dean, a Pennsylvania Democrat who opposed H.R. 139, warned that later winter sunrises could leave children traveling to school in darkness.
Dean also cited the earlier U.S. experiment with year-round daylight saving time. That federal trial began Jan. 6, 1974. Congress changed the law in October, setting a return to standard time from Oct. 27, 1974, through Feb. 23, 1975, when daylight saving resumed. The experiment ended Apr. 27, 1975, according to the law and a Congressional Research Service timeline.
The congressional record lists no subsequent Senate action and gives no date for a next decision.
