President Trump Sends Senators A Clear Message On Daylight Saving Time Bill

In a Truth Social post nearly identical to one he shared earlier this month, the president urged Republicans in the upper chamber to pass the Sunshine Protection Act of 2025.

This legislation, approved by the House last month in a 308-117 vote, would enshrine daylight saving time as the standard time nationwide. Twenty-two Republicans and 95 Democrats in the lower chamber opposed its passage.

“For many years, the vast Majority of Americans have asked to make Daylight Saving Time permanent, but no Administration has been able to get it properly done, until now,” Trump wrote in the post.

Proponents of the bill have argued that it would provide people with more daylight time in the evening, increase economic activity in the winter months and reduce workplace injuries and lack of sleep associated with changing clocks every year.

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Let's get it done @potus ! If anyone can, you can…

— Lucylu113 (@JournalistBBo) August 13, 2026

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I seldom disagree with our beloved @POTUS. But on this issue, I respectfully disagree. We absolutely need PERMANENT STANDARD TIME. A majority of USA citizens know this.

— Liberty B

(@EverLiberty) August 13, 2026

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Oh MAN I can not wait for this to become LAW.

— Tom Massé

(@essammot) August 12, 2026

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“Leading Medical, Crime, and Economic Studies have shown that ceasing the biannual time change, giving us one extra hour of natural sunlight in the evenings, will help Decrease Robbery and Murder Rates, Reduce Car Accidents (especially those involving Pedestrians!), Lower Risk for Cardiac Issues, Stroke, and Seasonal Depression. Make it Safer for Children to Walk Home from Shool, Increase Time with your Family, Strong Support Extracurricular Activities, Be a Big Boost to Sports, Fitness, Tourism, Retail, and the Restaurant Industries (and more!), and Save Money on Energy Bills, because everyone will be enjoying an EXTRA HOUR OF DAYLIGHT,” Trump wrote.



Trump added: “In other words, leave it as it is now, and never change again.”

The president then pitched the bill as a bipartisan issue that “Republicans, Dumocrats, and Independents can unite behind.”

As it stands, daylight saving time begins on the second Sunday in March, when clocks move forward by one hour at 2 a.m. The change allows for more sunlight hours during the summer, and when clocks shift back one hour on the first Sunday in November, mornings become lighter.

The system is governed by federal law, though states are not required to follow it. Neither Arizona nor Hawaii observe daylight saving time, and U.S. territories Puerto Rico, Guam and the U.S. Virgin Islands also stay on standard time year-round.

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