The House just voted to 'lock the clock.' The Senate is the question mark.
The House passed the Sunshine Protection Act on July 14, 2026, voting 308-117 to make daylight saving time permanent. But Congress has tried this before.
In 1974, President Nixon signed year-round daylight saving time into law during the oil crisis. It proved deeply unpopular — parents were alarmed by children heading to school in the dark — and Congress reversed course within a year.
In 2022, the Senate passed the same bill unanimously, but the House never voted on it. Now the roles are reversed: The House has acted, and the bill heads to a skeptical Senate.
