Contact Congress about H.R. 139: Sunshine Protection Act of 2025

Most of the country would stay on daylight saving time all year. States and areas that already skipped daylight saving time could keep their old standard time or move one hour ahead.

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Sunshine Protection Act of 2025 is a House bill in committee. The latest recorded action: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

Latest action on H.R. 139: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

Who this affects: This bill mainly affects people who live, work, study, travel, or do business in places that now change clocks twice a year. It also directly affects states and areas that already stayed on standard time all year, because they would need to choose which time rule to follow.

Why this matters: This bill would change the clock most Americans live by every day. It could make evenings brighter in winter, but mornings darker. That tradeoff could affect school travel, commuting, sleep, work hours, energy use, and outdoor activity. The bill does not settle health, safety, or economic debates about permanent daylight saving time, so the effects would depend on how people and governments adjust.

Key provisions in H.R. 139

• The bill removes the federal rule that sets when daylight saving time starts and ends each year. That rule is section 3 of the Uniform Time Act of 1966.
• The bill moves each listed U.S. time zone one hour ahead. It does this by changing the Calder Act, the 1918 federal law that sets time zones.
• The bill changes every U.S. standard time offset listed in 15 U.S.C. 261. That includes zones 4 through 11 hours from Coordinated Universal Time, the global time standard used for offsets.
• Some states or areas that already skipped daylight saving time would get a choice. They could use the new one-hour-ahead time or keep the standard time they had before the bill became law.
• The bill updates an old legal cross-reference so the laws still line up. Instead of pointing to the repealed Uniform Time Act exemption, it points to the new state-choice rule in the Calder Act.

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Questions people ask about H.R. 139

What is H.R. 139?

Most of the country would stay on daylight saving time all year. States and areas that already skipped daylight saving time could keep their old standard time or move one hour ahead.

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Who should I contact about H.R. 139?

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