House to vote on bill making daylight saving time permanent

The U.S. House of Representatives is scheduled to vote next week on legislation that would make daylight saving time permanent across the country. The bill would eliminate the practice of setting clocks forward one hour in March and back one hour in November. A similar proposal passed the Senate in 2022 but did not advance further.

Background on daylight saving time Daylight saving time runs from March to November in most states. The change is intended to provide more evening daylight during warmer months and more morning daylight during winter. Hawaii and most of Arizona do not observe daylight saving time.

The Navajo Nation, which covers parts of Arizona, Utah, and New Mexico, does follow the practice. U.S. territories including American Samoa, Guam, Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands also do not participate.