Most of the United States set clocks back one hour at 2 a.m. local time Sunday while a House-passed bill to keep daylight saving time year-round remains in the Senate, Georgia Recorder reported¹.

Congress.gov records that H.R. 139, the Sunshine Protection Act of 2025, sponsored by Rep. Vern Buchanan, R-Fla., passed the House 308-117 on July 14, 2026, was received in the Senate the next day and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation². Georgia Recorder, describing the House vote, said 193 Republicans, 114 Democrats and one independent voted yes¹.

The bill would make daylight saving time the permanent standard, with states that already exempt areas able to choose the standard for those areas, according to Congress.gov².

Georgia Recorder said House Energy and Commerce ranking member Frank Pallone, D-N.J., argued more evening light would help tourism, restaurants and outdoor leisure¹. Rep. Madeleine Dean, D-Pa., said morning light helps set the body's clock, according to the same account¹.

President Donald Trump has pressed the Senate to act. The Hill reported he posted Sen. Tom Cotton's cellphone number while urging passage³. Georgia Recorder also said Trump criticized Cotton¹.

Cotton, R-Ark., said, "Three months out of the year, kids in towns like Bentonville, Fayetteville, and Fort Smith would start school ahead of the sun," Georgia Recorder reported¹. He said Congress has enacted permanent daylight time before and later repealed it after late winter sunrises¹.

The Hill quoted Sen. Roger Wicker, R-Miss., as saying there is more opposition than the president realizes, citing safety concerns in northern and rural states where children board buses early³. Thune, who is from South Dakota, told reporters he voted against the measure in committee³.

The Hill reported Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., told Politico there is "no clear path forward or consensus on it yet"³. Georgia Recorder said Thune told reporters this summer it remains to be seen whether 60 senators would support the measure¹.

Sen. Rick Scott, R-Fla., told The Hill he is working for a vote in the lame-duck session³. Georgia Recorder said senators return Nov. 9 with 22 session days left this year and that a 1970s winter daylight-saving experiment proved unpopular because of dark school openings¹.

Whether the Senate schedules a vote after the Nov. 3 election is not settled in these accounts^1,3.