On 3/15/2022, Senators caught most of America by surprise when they unanimously passed a bill that would make daylight saving time permanent nationwide. Sen. Marco Rubio, the lead sponsor of the bill, has long pushed to make daylight saving time permanent, but this is the first time his legislation has passed the Senate. In a video last week before the US sprung forward, Rubio said, “Switching in and out of Daylight Saving Time is outdated, and it’s only a source of annoyance and confusion. Frankly, it’s just dumb, and there’s just no other way to say it.”

The Sunshine Protection Act still needs to pass the House and then would need President Joe Biden’s signature to become law. But its unanimous passage in the Senate indicates wide support for never having to turn the nation’s clocks back again and giving Americans another hour of afternoon sunlight in the winter.

Twenty states, including Florida, have taken steps to stick with daylight saving time year-round, but Congress needs to pass this law for those to take effect, Rubio said. The bill will allow states to pass their own laws to continue changing their clocks twice per year if they want to stick with the current norm in most of the county; Arizona and Hawaii don’t observe daylight saving time at all. The US first adopted daylight saving time in 1918. The idea was to add extra sunlight hours in the summer to conserve energy needed to light homes and businesses.

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Surprise & Surprise!!! Senate Unanimously Passes Bill to Make Daylight Saving Time Permanent.