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NEW YORK (77WABC) — In a surprising move, the U.S. Senate unanimously approved a measure on March 15 to make daylight saving time permanent across the United States next year. The bipartisan bill — named the Sunshine Protection Act — would ensure Americans would no longer have to change their clocks twice a year.
However the House of Representatives is taking a little bit longer to decide on it.
“Different members have articulated a different perspective. We’ll have to come to some consensus,” New York Rep. Hakeem Jeffries told The Hill. “We were unexpectedly sent this bill by the Senate. Now, we’re trying to absorb it.”
The House would have to approve the bill and then send it to President Biden for his signature. The White House has not said whether it supports the change.
According to the National Conference of State Legislatures, over a dozen states have passed or enacted legislation seeking to make daylight saving time permanent in recent years, including Idaho, Louisiana, South Carolina and Utah.
