Sen. Rick Scott (R-Fla.) reintroduced legislation to make daylight saving time year-round on Tuesday, touting bipartisan support for the measure. “I hear from Americans constantly that they are

Sen. Rick Scott (R-Florida) on Jan. 8 reintroduced legislation to end changing clocks twice a year, calling it "unnecessary" and an "annoyance."

Florida is one of 19 states that have passed measures over the last five years to stay on daylight saving time permanently, but Congress must approve it.

Twice each year we change our clocks for daylight saving time and every year it brings up the debate over whether the current system is working or if we should switch to a permanent set time.

Experts say the main goal of daylight saving time is to optimize human activity by making better use of daylight. The proposed change has been subject to scrutiny, and if implemen

The legislation is supported by President-elect Donald Trump, who vowed last month that Republicans "will use its best efforts to eliminate Daylight Saving Time." The Senate previously passed a bill to make DST permanent in 2022,

A bill that would do away with the twice-yearly time change is back in the U.S. Senate, with backing from Alabama Republican Sens. Tommy Tuberville and Katie Britt.

U.S. Senators Patty Murray (D-Wash.) and Rick Scott (R-Fla.) reintroduced the Sunshine Protection Act on Jan. 8, 2025, bringing back the proposal to end the time changes. Permanent Daylight Saving Time would become the standard across the country.

We’re still in the dark, cold days of winter but take heart. Spring – and the time change – is just around the corner.

A bipartisan group of U.S. senators, including Oklahoma's James Lankford, is reviving efforts to make daylight saving time permanent with the Sunshine Protection Act.

If signed into law, the Sunshine Protection Act would make it to where Americans don't need to change their clocks twice a year anymore.