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Sunshine for Our Kids Act of 2026
To make standard time permanent except in States that elect to observe daylight saving time, and for other purposes.
Summary
- Repeals the federal provision that currently authorizes daylight saving time, making standard time the permanent national default.
- Allows states to voluntarily elect to observe daylight saving time by advancing the standard time by one hour, either year-round or for a portion of the year.
- Permits states in a single time zone to adopt daylight saving time for the entire state, and permits states spanning multiple time zones to adopt daylight saving time for the entire state or individual time zones within the state.
- Requires any state election to observe daylight saving time to be statewide, so all political subdivisions within the state observe the same time.
- Takes effect on the first Sunday of November following the bill's enactment.
AI-generated plain-language summary of the bill text — neutral, and may be imperfect. See the full text below for the exact wording.
Sponsor (1)
10 cosponsors
- Rep. Amo, Gabe [D-RI-1] (D-RI)
- Rep. Barragán, Nanette Diaz [D-CA-44] (D-CA)
- Rep. Courtney, Joe [D-CT-2] (D-CT)
- Rep. Harrigan, Pat [R-NC-10] (R-NC)
- Rep. Krishnamoorthi, Raja [D-IL-8] (D-IL)
- Rep. Lofgren, Zoe [D-CA-18] (D-CA)
- Rep. McGarvey, Morgan [D-KY-3] (D-KY)
- Rep. Tokuda, Jill N. [D-HI-2] (D-HI)
- Rep. Van Orden, Derrick [R-WI-3] (R-WI)
- Rep. Williams, Nikema [D-GA-5] (D-GA)
Money behind the sponsor
Top reported contributors to Mary Gay Scanlon’s campaign committee (2024 cycle) — who funds the bill’s sponsor, not a claim about this bill. Data from FEC.
- BALLARD SPAHR LLP $35,392
- BALLARD SPAHR $32,750
- UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA $10,450
- NULL $9,550
- AMERISOURCEBERGEN CORPORATION $6,600
Organizations whose employees gave the most — itemized individual contributions grouped by the donor’s reported employer (FEC Schedule A). Full finance for Mary Gay Scanlon → · Outside spending →
Actions (2)
- Jul 9, 2026 Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. · house
- Jul 9, 2026 Introduced in House
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Full text
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
July 9, 2026
Ms. Scanlon (for herself and Mr. Harrigan) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce
A BILL
To make standard time permanent except in States that elect to observe daylight saving time, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the “Sunshine for Our Kids Act of 2026”.
SEC. 2. MAKING STANDARD TIME PERMANENT.
(a) Repeal of Daylight Saving Time.—Section 3 of the Uniform Time Act of 1966 (15 U.S.C. 260a) is hereby repealed.
(b) Exception if State Elects To Observe Daylight Saving Time.— Section 1 of the Act of March 19, 1918 (15 U.S.C. 261; commonly known as the “Calder Act”), is amended—
(1) by redesignating subsection (b) as subsection (c); and
(2) by inserting after subsection (a) the following:
“(b) State Election To Observe Daylight Saving Time.—
“(1) States in 1 time zone.—A State may by law provide that the standard time for such State shall be advanced by 1 hour (either year-round or for a portion of the year, as specified in such law), but only if such law provides that the entire State (including all political subdivisions thereof) shall observe the same standard time.
“(2) States in more than 1 time zone.—In the case of a State that has areas within more than 1 time zone, such State may by law provide for—
“(A) the standard time for the entire State to be advanced as described in paragraph (1); or
“(B) the standard time for the entire area of such State lying within any time zone to be advanced by 1 hour (either year-round or for a portion of the year, as specified in such law).
“(3) State defined.—In this subsection, the term ‘State’ has the meaning given such term in section 7 of the Uniform Time Act of 1966 (15 U.S.C. 267).”.
(c) Conforming Amendment.—The second sentence of section 1(a) of the Act of March 19, 1918 (15 U.S.C. 261(a)), is amended by striking “Except as provided in section 3(a) of the Uniform Time Act of 1966 (15 U.S.C. 260a),” and inserting “Except as provided in subsection
(b),”.
(d) Effective Date.—The amendments made by this section shall take effect on the first Sunday of November that first occurs after the date of the enactment of this Act. <all>
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