Sunshine Protection Act of 2023
Latest action · Nov 14, 2024 Motion to Discharge Committee filed by Mr. Steube. Petition No: 118-19. (<a href="https://clerk.house.gov/DischargePetition/2024111419?Page=2&CongressNum=118">Discharge petition</a> text with signatures.)
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedMar 1, 2023
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Sunshine Protection Act of 2023
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.
Cosponsors 38
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Mar 1, 2023 to Dec 6, 2024; 13 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-WV | Alexander X. Mooney | Original | Mar 1, 2023 |
| R-FL | Anna Paulina Luna | Original | Mar 1, 2023 |
| R-FL | Bill Posey | Original | Mar 1, 2023 |
| R-FL | Brian J. Mast | Original | Mar 1, 2023 |
| R-FL | Cory Mills | Original | Mar 1, 2023 |
| R-AL | Dale W. Strong | Original | Mar 1, 2023 |
| R-KY | James Comer | Original | Mar 1, 2023 |
| R-AL | Jerry L. Carl | Original | Mar 1, 2023 |
| R-FL | John H. Rutherford | Original | Mar 1, 2023 |
| R-FL | Maria Elvira Salazar | Original | Mar 1, 2023 |
| R-FL | Michael Waltz | Original | Mar 1, 2023 |
| R-SC | Nancy Mace | Original | Mar 1, 2023 |
| R-TN | Tim Burchett | Original | Mar 1, 2023 |
| R-WA | Dan Newhouse | Mar 9, 2023 | |
| R-GA | Earl L. "Buddy" Carter | Mar 9, 2023 | |
| R-NV | Mark E. Amodei | Mar 9, 2023 | |
| R-FL | Daniel Webster | Mar 10, 2023 | |
| R-OK | Stephanie I. Bice | Mar 10, 2023 | |
| R-FL | W. Gregory Steube | Mar 10, 2023 | |
| R-CA | David G. Valadao | Mar 27, 2023 | |
| D-PA | Brendan F. Boyle | Apr 6, 2023 | |
| R-NY | George Santos | Apr 6, 2023 | |
| R-FL | Laurel M. Lee | Apr 13, 2023 | |
| D-MN | Dean Phillips | Apr 19, 2023 | |
| R-FL | Neal P. Dunn | Apr 19, 2023 | |
| R-AL | Barry Moore | May 15, 2023 | |
| R-FL | Carlos A. Gimenez | May 15, 2023 | |
| R-SC | William R. Timmons IV | May 15, 2023 | |
| D-TN | Steve Cohen | Oct 6, 2023 | |
| R-NC | David Rouzer | Nov 1, 2023 | |
| R-CA | Michelle Steel | Nov 7, 2023 | |
| R-TX | Tony Gonzales | Nov 7, 2023 | |
| R-MO | Eric Burlison | Feb 14, 2024 | |
| R-FL | Aaron Bean | Mar 8, 2024 | |
| R-OH | Warren Davidson | Mar 12, 2024 | |
| R-IN | Erin Houchin | Mar 19, 2024 | |
| R-GA | Richard McCormick | Nov 26, 2024 | |
| R-PA | Daniel Meuser | Dec 6, 2024 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Energy and Commerce Committee | Referred Mar 1, 2023 |
| Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade Subcommittee | Referred Mar 10, 2023 |
Actions 4
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Nov 14, 2024Motion to Discharge Committee filed by Mr. Steube. Petition No: 118-19. (<a href="https://clerk.house.gov/DischargePetition/2024111419?Page=2&CongressNum=118">Discharge petition</a> text with signatures.)
- Mar 10, 2023Referred to the Subcommittee on Innovation, Data, and Commerce.
- Mar 1, 2023Introduced in House
- Mar 1, 2023Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
In the Congressional Record 3
Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 169, no. 39, March 1, 2023, page H1050.
CRS reports 1
Congressional Research Service work that CRS links to this bill or the law it became, newest first.
Cite it 1
Products on other subjects that cite it, usually among other measures.
| Product | Title | Kind | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| R45208 | Daylight Saving Time (DST) | Report | Jul 24, 2026 |
Related bills 2
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 69 | Sunshine Protection Act of 2021 | Reintroduction of | Dec 15, 2022 |
| S 582 | Sunshine Protection Act of 2023 | Identical bill | Mar 1, 2023 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To make daylight savings time permanent, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Sunshine Protection Act of 2023
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Mar 1, 2023Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
