HR 139
Sunshine Protection Act of 2025
Summary
Sunshine Protection Act of 2025 This bill makes daylight saving time the new, permanent standard time. States with areas exempt from daylight saving time may choose the standard time for those areas.
Bill status
- Status
- Passed House
- Sponsor
- Rep. Vern Buchanan [R-FL-16]
- Cosponsors
- 34
- Policy area
- Science, Technology, Communications
- Introduced
- 2025-01-03
- Latest action
- 2026-07-15: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
Committee referrals
Recent actions
- 2026-07-14: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- 2026-07-14: On passage Passed by the Yeas and Nays: 308 - 117 (Roll no. 238).
- 2026-07-14: Passed/agreed to in House: On passage Passed by the Yeas and Nays: 308 - 117 (Roll no. 238).
- 2026-07-14: The previous question was ordered pursuant to the rule.
- 2026-07-14: DEBATE - The House proceeded with one hour of debate on H.R. 139.