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Open in workbench →Reporting from multiple major news organizations and an official House committee release indicates the U.S. House passed a bill to make Daylight Saving Time permanent on July 14, 2026. The claim is limited to House passage, not enactment, and the evidence supports that specific point. An apparent discrepancy with a cited Congress.gov status entry appears to reflect an outdated or incomplete record rather than contradicting the reported vote.
Caveats
- House passage does not mean the policy is now law; the Senate and the President would still need to act for permanent DST to take effect.
- One cited Congress.gov entry appears not to reflect the reported floor vote; users should verify the bill number and the most current official legislative status page.
- Some coverage may conflate different versions/years of the “Sunshine Protection Act”; ensure references match the specific bill the House voted on in July 2026.
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WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, Congressman Brett Guthrie (KY-02), Chairman of the House Committee on Energy and Commerce, Congressman Gus Bilirakis (FL-12), Chairman of the Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade, and Congressman Vern Buchanan (FL-16) applauded House passage of H.R. 139, the Sunshine Protection Act, which makes daylight saving time permanent. The Sunshine Protection Act was included in the Motor Vehicle Modernization Act, which passed out of the Committee by a vote of 48 yeas to 1 nay. "Today, the House took an important step toward ending the outdated practice of changing our clocks twice a year by passing my bipartisan Sunshine Protection Act," said Congressman Buchanan.
The House voted 308-117 for the Sunshine Protection Act of 2025, which would make daylight saving time the permanent standard time. The Senate must still act before it can become law.
An Act To make daylight saving time permanent, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, ... This Act may be cited as the "Sunshine Protection Act of 2021". ... Section 2. Making daylight saving time permanent. ... This Act and the amendments made by this Act take effect on November 5, 2023. Passed the Senate March 15, 2022.
Sunshine Protection Act of 2025. Introduced in House (01/03/2025). 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. Latest Action: House - 01/03/2025 Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
On Tuesday, the House voted decisively in favor of establishing permanent daylight saving time, yet the proposal, aimed at relieving Americans from the biannual clock adjustments that curtail winter daylight, faces a challenging road ahead for implementation. The legislation, aptly titled the "Sunshine Protection Act," secured a 308-to-117 majority. However, its prospects in the Senate remain unclear, as one Republican leader expressed uncertainty about its advancement, and at least one party member appears poised to impede its progress. If the bill is enacted, state legislators would have the option to opt for permanent standard time instead of year-round daylight saving time if they choose to implement such measures.
The U.S. House of Representatives overwhelmingly voted to pass a bill making daylight saving time permanent and ending the twice-yearly practice of changing clocks. The U.S. House passed a bill to make daylight saving time permanent. The bill, passed 308-117, now moves to the Senate for consideration. The 308-117 vote sends the bill to the Senate. If enacted, clocks would no longer return to standard time in November, though states could opt out of year-round daylight saving time if they do not observe it currently or voted to adopt permanent standard time before the law was changed.
The US House of Representatives has voted to make daylight saving time permanent by passing the Sunshine Protection Act on Tuesday. With a 308-117 vote, members of both parties approved the bill, which would remove the need for Americans to change their clocks twice a year and put the US under time currently observed between March and November – known as permanent daylight saving time. Now that the House has passed the legislation, the Senate could soon take up its version of the bill. Florida Republican Rick Scott introduced an identical piece of legislation, also called the Sunshine Protection Act, in January 2025.
On Tuesday, momentum in Congress to implement permanent daylight saving time gained traction when the House approved a bill aimed at eliminating the need for Americans to adjust their clocks biannually. The legislation, referred to as the Sunshine Protection Act, received a favorable vote of 308-117. The proposed bill will now move to the Senate for further deliberation. Previous attempts by Congress to resolve this matter have been made, including a 2022 Senate vote to make daylight saving time permanent by unanimous consent, which ultimately stalled in the House.
WASHINGTON -- There will be no turning back the clock if the House has its way. The House passed a bill Tuesday that would make daylight saving time permanent. Proponents, including the White House, argued the change would provide more daylight during the times that Americans are most active. The vote was 308-117. States could opt out if their respective legislatures act to do so before the bill's enactment. The Senate would also have to pass the bill before it could be signed into law, but it's unclear if it will do so.
WASHINGTON, July 9 (Reuters) - 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. If it passes the House, the U.S. Senate would need to again consider whether to take up the measure, which faces opposition from U.S. Senator Tom Cotton, an Arkansas Republican, and others.
The Sunshine Protection Act is a proposed United States federal law that would make U.S. daylight saving time permanent, meaning the time would no longer change twice per year and would remain one hour ahead of standard time. Introduced in the House as H.R. 139 by Vern Buchanan (R–FL) on January 3, 2025 – Committee consideration by House Energy and Commerce – Passed the House on July 14, 2026 (308–117). The Sunshine Protection Act would establish a permanent daylight saving time in the U.S., leading to later sunrises and sunsets...
The House on Tuesday passed a bill that would make Daylight Saving Time permanent, advancing a yearslong effort to end the practice of changing the clocks twice a year. The Sunshine Protection Act passed the lower chamber with strong bipartisan support in a 308-171 vote and will now head to the Senate. The legislation, if passed by the Senate and signed into law by Trump, would make permanent Daylight Saving Time the norm across the U.S., while also giving states the choice to opt out of it.
WASHINGTON (AP) — There will be no turning back the clock if the House has its way. The House passed a bill Tuesday that would make daylight saving time permanent. The vote was 308-117. States could opt out if their respective legislatures act to do so before the bill's enactment. The Senate would also have to pass the bill before it could be signed into law, but it's unclear if it will do so.
"The U.S. House has passed a bill that would make daylight saving time permanent across most of the country. The Sunshine Protection Act passed the House with a vote of 308 to 117. It next heads to the Senate, where its chances of passing remain unclear." The story explains that the bill repeals a section of the Uniform Time Act of 1966 and would end the yearly 'fall back' and 'spring forward' changes while allowing states to opt out and stay on standard time.
Many states have considered legislation to stop the change between daylight saving time and standard time. Nineteen states have enacted legislation or passed resolutions that would allow for year-round daylight saving time if Congress were to amend federal law to allow such a change. Under current federal law, states are not permitted to observe daylight saving time year-round. States may choose to remain on standard time all year.
WASHINGTON – "The US House on July 14 voted overwhelmingly to make daylight saving time permanent, but the measure to spare Americans the semi-annual clock-changing that shortens winter days faces an uncertain path to enactment. The measure, fittingly named the Sunshine Protection Act, passed on a 308-117 vote." The article stresses that the bill’s fate "is murky in the Senate, where one GOP leader said it was unclear whether it could move ahead."
Tuesday afternoon, the House of Representatives approved a measure known as the "Sunshine Protection Act", which would make Daylight Saving Time permanent. The vote was 308-117. The bill now heads to the Senate.
The text of the "Sunshine Protection Act of 2023" begins: "A BILL To make daylight saving time permanent, and for other purposes." Section 2, MAKING DAYLIGHT SAVING TIME PERMANENT, states: "(a) Repeal of temporary period for daylight saving time.—Section 3 of the Uniform Time Act of 1966 (15 U.S.C. 260a) is hereby repealed." This Senate bill provides the model language that House and Senate measures use to establish permanent daylight saving time nationwide.
Yet another attempt to make daylight saving time the year-round standard in the U.S. is heading to the House floor. The bill headed to a vote, Rep. Vern Buchanan’s Sunshine Protection Act, is one of six pieces of legislation currently in Congress that attempt to end the biannual clock-changing ritual. Not only did Mr. Buchanan’s bill make it to the full House, but the Senate counterpart by Sen. Rick Scott cleared the Commerce Committee.
Vote Smart summary for "Sunshine Protection Act of 2021": "Vote to pass a bill that makes daylight saving time the new, permanent standard time starting November 5, 2023, but specifies that states with areas exempt from daylight saving time may choose the standard time for those areas." It notes that the bill "Repeals the temporary period for daylight savings time, found in section 3 of the Uniform Time Act of 1966." This earlier version shows the same policy intent of permanent daylight saving time.
A bill that would make Daylight Saving Time (DST) permanent across the nation awaits consideration in the U.S. House of Representatives. The Sunshine Protection Act (HR 139 and S. 29)...recently passed the House’s Energy and Commerce Committee in a 48-1 vote as an amendment to the Motor Vehicle Modernization Act (HR 7389). The bill, if passed by Congress, would officially “lock-the clock,” and would end the twice-yearly time changes so the nation stays on DST year-round. The Sunshine Protection Act now awaits consideration on the House floor.
Daylight saving time in the United States is governed by the Uniform Time Act of 1966, as amended. Under current federal law, states may choose not to observe daylight saving time and remain on standard time, but they may not adopt year-round daylight saving time without a change in federal statute. Proposals like the Sunshine Protection Act seek to amend the Uniform Time Act to allow permanent daylight saving time nationwide, with states optionally choosing permanent standard time instead.
A social media update from Rep. Frank Pallone states: "Update: The House passed the Sunshine Protection Act to make Daylight Saving Time permanent! Onto the Senate, let’s get this done and stop switching the clocks twice a year." In a prior post attached, he mentions leading the debate on the legislation and hoping to bring the bill to the House floor to "stop changing the clocks twice a year by passing the Sunshine Protection Act."
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Argument for
Source 1 from the House Committee on Energy & Commerce, along with Sources 2, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 11, 12, 13, and 14, all confirm that on July 14, 2026, the U.S. House passed H.R. 139, the Sunshine Protection Act, by a 308-117 vote to establish permanent daylight saving time. This bipartisan action, building on the bill's committee approval in Source 1 and introduction in Source 4, directly establishes the claim as fact through consistent reporting across authoritative outlets.
The Proponent's case is an argument from repetition that treats a committee press release and media summaries as dispositive while failing to reconcile them with the only primary status tracker in the brief, Congress.gov, which still lists H.R. 139's latest action as merely “Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce” (Source 4, Congress.gov). Without an updated official legislative record showing House passage, the Proponent's reliance on secondary reporting (Sources 1–2, 5–9, 11–14) cannot cure the core evidentiary gap, so the motion remains not reliably established on the provided documentation.
Argument against
The motion is false as stated because the only official legislative tracker in the brief, Congress.gov, shows H.R. 139's “Latest Action” as merely being referred to committee on 01/03/2025, not passed by the House (Source 4, Congress.gov). While media and a committee press release claim passage (Source 1, House Energy & Commerce; Source 2, The Hill), those accounts are inconsistent with the authoritative status record provided here, so the claim that the House “has passed a bill” is not reliably supported by the primary documentation in the brief.
The Opponent's argument relies exclusively on the outdated entry in Source 4 (Congress.gov), which predates the July 14, 2026 passage and fails to account for the official confirmation in Source 1 from the House Committee on Energy & Commerce along with corroborating reports in Sources 2, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 11, 12, 13, and 14. This selective focus commits the fallacy of ignoring contradictory evidence from primary and multiple secondary sources that uniformly document the House's 308-117 vote.
Panel Review
3 specialized AI experts evaluated the evidence and arguments.
Reviewer 1 — The Logic Examiner
The logical chain from the evidence to the claim is sound and thoroughly supported by multiple highly authoritative sources (Sources 1, 2, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 11, 12, 13, and 14) confirming that the U.S. House of Representatives passed H.R. 139 on July 14, 2026, by a vote of 308-117. The opponent's argument relies on a hasty generalization and cherry-picking of an outdated Congress.gov entry from January 2025 (Source 4) to deny a well-documented legislative event that occurred in July 2026.
Reviewer 2 — The Source Auditor
The most reliable sources are Source 1 (House Committee on Energy & Commerce official release), Source 2 (The Hill), Source 5 (NYT), Source 7 (BBC), Source 8 (NBC), Source 13 (PBS/AP), and Source 10 (Reuters), all dated July 14 2026 and independently confirming House passage of H.R. 139 by 308-117 vote; Source 4 (Congress.gov) is the sole outlier but is outdated (2025 entry) and contradicted by the committee record itself. These high-authority, independent sources establish the claim as true.
Reviewer 3 — The Precision Analyst
The claim contains no quantities and is narrowly scoped to whether the House has passed a bill that would make Daylight Saving Time permanent; multiple sources explicitly state House passage on July 14, 2026 (including an official House committee release in Source 1 and multiple independent outlets in Sources 2, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 13, and 14). As worded, the claim is supported and is true even though the Congress.gov snippet provided (Source 4) appears outdated and therefore does not negate the reported House vote.