U.S. House to Vote on Bill to Make Daylight Saving Time Permanent

The U.S. House of Representatives is set to vote next week on a bill to make daylight saving time permanent, according to a notice posted on Thursday.

In May, the House Energy and Commerce Committee voted 48-1 in favor of the Sunshine Protection Act. The U.S. Senate voted unanimously in March 2022 to make daylight saving time permanent but the House never took up the measure in the face of opposition. The proposal the House will consider next week would allow states to opt out of the established practice, which began in the 1960s.

Daylight saving time — putting the clocks forward one hour during ⁠the summer half of the year — has been in place in nearly all of the United States since the 1960s. Supporters of the measure claim the time shift causes sleep disturbances, greater workplace injuries and more car crashes. They also believe brighter evenings would spur more economic activity during winter.

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