The House Just Voted 308 to 117 to End the Twice-A-Year Clock Change and Make Daylight Saving Time Permanent
by Jerome London · Thought CatalogUpdated 3 minutes ago, July 15, 2026
No more springing forward or falling back. If the Senate signs off, evenings stay lighter all year, and winter mornings stay dark a lot longer.
So what does this mean? It means the country is one step closer to locking the clocks in one position forever, with brighter evenings in every season and much darker mornings all winter.
The House passed the Sunshine Protection Act on Tuesday, 308 to 117. It would end the twice-a-year clock change and keep the whole country on daylight saving time, the setting we’re on in the summer. Hawaii and most of Arizona, which already skip the switch, can keep doing their own thing.
The pitch is that losing an hour of sleep every spring is bad for people’s health, their moods, and even car accident rates, and that lighter evenings are better for families and businesses. The catch is winter. In places like Michigan or Maine, the sun wouldn’t come up until close to 9 a.m., which means kids walking to school and adults driving to work in the dark for months.
America actually tried this in 1973. People liked the idea in theory, then hated it in practice once January hit, and Congress reversed it in less than a year.
The bill now goes to the Senate, where a nearly identical version passed in 2022 and then quietly died. President Trump, who has landed on both sides of this over the years, said in May he’d sign it if it reaches his desk.
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