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The Sunshine Protection Act is a proposed United States federal law that would make U.S. daylight saving time permanent, meaning the time would no longer change twice per year. [1][2] The bill has been proposed during several sessions of Congress. In 2022, the Senate passed the bill by unanimous consent, although several senators stated later ...
Although the Sunshine Protection Act was passed unanimously by the Senate in 2022, it did not pass in the U.S. House of Representatives and was not signed into law by President Joe Biden.
In 2022, the United States Senate passed the Sunshine Protection Act to make daylight saving time permanent; [61] the bill failed in the House and expired at the end of the year. [62] The American Academy of Sleep Medicine has opposed the Sunshine Protection Act and called instead for permanent standard time, a position supported by the ...
It would have started November 5, 2023. However it was not passed by the House of Representatives. The American Academy of Sleep Medicine has opposed the Sunshine Protection Act and called instead for permanent standard time, a position supported by the American College of Chest Physicians and the World Sleep Society, among others. [49]
The Sunshine Protection Act passed the Senate by unanimous consent on March 15, 2022. The bill, introduced by Sen. Marco Rubio, would eliminate the changing of clocks to standard time for the ...
The Sunshine Protection Act was passed unanimously by the Senate in March 2022 but has not passed the House. ... Rubio is still hopeful the Sunshine Protection Act will become law.
The Senate approved the measure, called the Sunshine Protection Act, unanimously by voice vote. ... -The U.S. Senate on Tuesday passed legislation that would make daylight saving time permanent ...
The Sunshine Act was first introduced in 2007 by senior US Senator Charles Grassley, a Republican from Iowa and Senator Herb Kohl from Wisconsin, a member of the Democratic Party. [4] The act was introduced independently and failed. After debate by various groups [2] it was enacted along with the 2010 Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.