OAN Staff Katherine Mosack
1:06 PM – Friday, July 10, 2026
The U.S. House of Representatives is expected to vote on the Sunshine Protection Act to make Daylight Savings Time (DST) permanent after it passed the House Energy and Commerce Committee in May in a 41-1 vote and was supported by President Donald Trump.
The House vote is expected next week, according to a report from Reuters, citing a notice issued on Thursday.
The U.S. Senate voted unanimously in March 2022 in favor of a bill to make DST permanent, but the House did not take up the measure at the time.
Next week, the lower chamber will consider a proposal that may allow states to opt out of putting the clocks forward one hour during the summer half of the year.
Daylight savings was first instated in the U.S. in 1918 by President Woodrow Wilson, though Congress repealed it after World War I ended the next year, allowing it to become a state-by-state issue. In 1966, President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Uniform Time Act, re-establishing standardized DST across the country.
“This is so important in that Hundreds of Millions of Dollars are spent every year by people, Cities, and States, being forced to change their Clocks. Many of these Clocks are located in Towers, and the cost of renting, or using, Heavy Equipment to do this twice a year is prohibitive!” Trump said in a post on Truth Social after the House committee pushed the bill forward.
“I am going to work very hard to see The Sunshine Protection Act signed into Law. It’s time that people can stop worrying about the ‘Clock,’ not to mention all of the work and money that is spent on this ridiculous, twice yearly production. It will also be a very nice WIN for the Republican Party. Take it! We are going with the far more popular alternative, Saving Daylight, which gives you a longer, brighter Day — And who can be against that — This is an easy one!” he added.
President Trump reportedly favors locking the clock on the time the country observes from March through November instead of standard time, which Hawaii and Arizona use year-round.
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