March 7, 2026
Don’t forget most of us are going to spring forward tomorrow. Yes – it is we doing this clock changing garbage again and yes we are going to lose an hour of sleep. Except for our friends in Hawaii and Arizona.
So you’re probably wondering when is this madness going to end? Well – it’ll end when congress passes a bill to make it stop. And after all these years – they still haven’t done it – but why? Simple – they keep fighting about which option is better making daylight saving time permanent or making standard time permanent.
If you want to get rid of the twice a year clock change and make daylight saving time permanent – which means its darker for longer in the morning and the sun is out longer in the evening — you may like the Sunshine Protection Act. Which has been around for years and in 2022 even passed the senate with unanimous consent. The bill ultimately died that year in the house. But – it keeps rising from the ashes and keeps being re-introduced year after year and then year after year it just sits there and does nothing. The newest iteration is being sponsored by Senator Rick Scott a Republican from Florida but it has a bipartisan group of 17 co-sponsors. The bill would also allow our friends in Arizona and Hawaii to keep their current time rules in place.
But if you like standard time which means its brighter earlier in the morning and it’s darker earlier at night — – well – you’re out of luck. There’s no current bill for you. But there is a bill called the Daylight Act of 2026. It is sponsored by Representative Greg Steube of Florida and it basically splits the difference. Instead of moving the clock 1 full hour ahead of current standard time –this bill would permanently move the clock ahead by 30 minutes.
In this current political climate it’s unclear if either of these bills are going to go anywhere. But the reality is – the closer we get to the midterm election, the less likely it is that anything is going to get done. So we might be stuck with switching the clocks on Sunday and then again in November. At least for this year. We can always hope for 2027.
