Summary
Many U.S. states want to stop changing the clocks twice a year and make daylight saving time permanent. However, they can't do this without Congress's approval, and efforts at the federal level have not moved forward.
Key Facts
- Most U.S. states will change back to standard time on Sunday.
- 19 states have passed laws to make daylight saving time permanent.
- Congress needs to approve for states to move to permanent daylight saving time.
- 35 states have considered ideas about daylight saving time or standard time for 2025.
- California voters approved permanent daylight saving time in 2018, but the state hasn't passed the necessary law.
- The U.S. Senate approved a permanent daylight saving time bill in 2022, but it did not progress further.
- States can choose to stay on standard time year-round without needing federal approval.
- President Trump has called daylight saving time "inconvenient" and "very costly."
