Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) is back at it again for another year to renew his push to make daylight saving time permanent ahead of this Sunday’s time change.
“We’re ‘springing forward’ but should have never ‘fallen back.’ My Sunshine Protection Act would end this stupid practice of changing our clocks back and forth,” the Florida senator said in a statement.
In 2022, Rubio’s bill passed the Senate but was stopped in the House, and last year, it was reintroduced as the Sunshine Protection Act of 2023.
Rubio said that the locking in the clock has “overwhelming bipartisan and popular support.”
Nineteen states have passed legislation or resolutions supporting year-round daylight saving time, and last year, at least 29 states were considering related legislation.
Sens. James Lankford (R-OK), Alex Padilla (D-CA), Tommy Tuberville (R-AL), Ed Markey (D-MA), Bill Hagerty (R-TN), Tina Smith (D-MN), Rick Scott (R-FL), Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-MS), Rand Paul (R-KY), Ron Wyden (D-OR), and Martin Heinrich (D-NM) are co-sponsors of Rubio’s legislation.
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The legislation calls for a repeal of Section 3 of the Uniform Time Act of 1966, which mandates the country to use daylight saving time.
Daylight saving time begins on Sunday, March 10, pushing clocks forward an hour at 2 a.m. and taking an extra hour of sleep away as we “spring forward.” On Nov. 3, daylight saving time is set to end by falling back an hour.
