The US House Energy and Commerce Committee voted 48-1 on Thursday to advance the Sunshine Protection Act to the full House, bringing the country closer than ever to making daylight saving time (DST) permanent and ending the twice-yearly clock change for more than 300 million Americans.
Rep. Vern Buchanan (R-FL), who has introduced the bill every Congress since 2018, called it 'one step closer to ending the outdated and unpopular practice of changing our clocks twice a year.' The legislation was folded into the Motor Vehicle Modernization Act (H.R. 7389), a broader transportation funding package that cleared the committee in a single vote.
