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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 ...
The proposition permits the California State Legislature to change the times and dates of daylight saving time period by a two-thirds vote, all while in compliance with federal law. For the state to have such powers, Proposition 12 (1949), which established daylight saving time in California, needed to be repealed, which can only be done by the ...
At least 20 states, including California, have passed laws or resolutions asking to make daylight saving time permanent since 2018, but it's up to Congress to pass a bill making this an official ...
In recent news, the Sunshine Protection Act was proposed as a United States federal law that would make daylight saving time permanent, meaning no more changing the clocks twice a year! On March ...
If Washington implements permanent daylight saving time, the northern part of the state in Pacific Time will follow. A bill to do the same for the part of the state in Mountain Time if Utah implements permanent daylight saving time has not passed. Illinois: Failure [94] [95] Pending [6] Indiana: No attempt No attempt Iowa: Failure [96]
The golf industry has historically backed making daylight saving time permanent, for lighter evenings, while sleep experts say it would be healthier to keep clocks permanently set back, for ...
Daylight saving time was first adopted as a wartime measure in 1942. Lawmakers have occasionally proposed getting rid of the time change altogether. The most prominent recent attempt, a now-stalled bipartisan bill named the Sunshine Protection Act, had proposed making daylight saving time permanent.
A group of 12 bipartisan senators said on Friday they are making a new legislative effort to make daylight saving time permanent and end the twice-annual changing of clocks. In March 2022, the U.S ...