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119-s-29119th Congress

Sunshine Protection Act of 2025

Sponsored By: Senator Scott, Rick [R-FL]

Introduced

Summary

This bill would make daylight saving time permanent across the United States. It would also let states or parts of states that had previously exempted themselves pick the standard time that applies to those areas.

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  • Rewrites federal time law by repealing Section 3 of the Uniform Time Act and by altering hour-based language in the 1918 Calder Act to establish a new, permanent standard time framework.
  • For any State or area that had opted out of seasonal daylight saving time, the bill lets the State choose the standard time for that area or keep the prior standard time as it was the day before enactment.
  • The bill does not include new funding, budgetary, or sunset provisions within the section that sets permanent time.

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Bill Overview

Analyzed Economic Effects

3 provisions identified: 0 benefits, 0 costs, 3 mixed.

Change official standard time offsets

This bill would amend the Calder Act to change multiple hour offsets that define official standard time. If enacted, clocks in places that follow those statutory offsets would move to the new offsets upon enactment. The change would not create federal funding.

End federal daylight saving time

This bill would repeal Section 3 of the Uniform Time Act and remove the federal authorization for seasonal daylight saving time. If enacted, states and areas may need to change their local time rules. The repeal would take effect upon enactment and would not provide new federal funds.

State choice for exempted time zones

This bill would let any State or area that had opted out of federal DST before enactment choose which standard time to use. If enacted, the State could pick the newly amended Calder Act time or keep the time that applied the day before enactment. The choice would be made by the State and would take effect upon enactment.

Sponsors & CoSponsors

Sponsor

Scott, Rick [R-FL]

FL • R

Cosponsors

  • Sen. Murray, Patty [D-WA]

    WA • D

    Sponsored 1/7/2025

  • Sen. Tuberville, Tommy [R-AL]

    AL • R

    Sponsored 1/7/2025

  • Sen. Wyden, Ron [D-OR]

    OR • D

    Sponsored 1/7/2025

  • Sen. Hagerty, Bill [R-TN]

    TN • R

    Sponsored 1/7/2025

  • Sen. Markey, Edward J. [D-MA]

    MA • D

    Sponsored 1/7/2025

  • Sen. Lummis, Cynthia M. [R-WY]

    WY • R

    Sponsored 1/7/2025

  • Sen. Whitehouse, Sheldon [D-RI]

    RI • D

    Sponsored 1/7/2025

  • Sen. Lankford, James [R-OK]

    OK • R

    Sponsored 1/7/2025

  • Sen. Heinrich, Martin [D-NM]

    NM • D

    Sponsored 1/7/2025

  • Sen. Paul, Rand [R-KY]

    KY • R

    Sponsored 1/7/2025

  • Sen. Padilla, Alex [D-CA]

    CA • D

    Sponsored 1/7/2025

  • Sen. Blackburn, Marsha [R-TN]

    TN • R

    Sponsored 1/7/2025

  • Sen. Schatz, Brian [D-HI]

    HI • D

    Sponsored 1/7/2025

  • Sen. Hyde-Smith, Cindy [R-MS]

    MS • R

    Sponsored 1/7/2025

  • Sen. Smith, Tina [D-MN]

    MN • D

    Sponsored 1/7/2025

  • Sen. Britt, Katie Boyd [R-AL]

    AL • R

    Sponsored 1/8/2025

  • Sen. Moody, Ashley [R-FL]

    FL • R

    Sponsored 3/5/2025

  • Sen. Scott, Tim [R-SC]

    SC • R

    Sponsored 4/28/2025

Roll Call Votes

No roll call votes available for this bill.

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