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Florida Senators Push For Year-Round Daylight Saving Time
March 9, 2025
As dayling savings time started Sunday, both of Florida’s senators are pushing for it to be year-round.
Senators Ashley Moody and Rick Scott have announced their bipartisan Sunshine Protection Act, to officially “lock the clock” and end the twice-yearly time change and make daylight saving time the national year-round standard.
“As a baseball mom, I enthusiastically support an extra hour of sunlight,” Moody said. “Why miss out on daylight when we could be outside with our families enjoying all that Florida has to offer? This legislation also has long-term benefits that help our farmers, support healthier families and safer neighborhoods, all while growing the economy. I am proud to join my colleagues to support the Sunshine Protection Act. It is time to end the twice-yearly change for good and lock the clock.”
“I hear from Americans constantly that they are sick and tired of changing their clocks twice a year – it’s an unnecessary, decades-old practice that’s more of an annoyance to families than benefit to them,” Scott said. “In 2018, as Governor of Florida, I signed legislation that would allow the state to opt out of the practice of changing the time and I’ve been a leading effort in getting this done on the federal level. I’m excited to have President Trump back in the White House and fully on board to lock the clock so we can get this good bill passed and make this common-sense change that will simplify and benefit the lives of American families.”
Moody and Scott were joined by Senators Patty Murray, Tommy Tuberville, Rand Paul, Ron Wyden, Bill Hagerty, Cynthia Lummis, Ed Markey, Sheldon Whitehouse, James Lankford, Martin Heinrich, Alex Padilla, Brian Schatz, Cindy Hyde-Smith, Tina Smith, Katie Britt and Marsha Blackburn.
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17 Responses to “Florida Senators Push For Year-Round Daylight Saving Time”
This subject was dead in the water before it was brought up. Although Florida citizens voted in support of DST – It still must be approved in Congress on the federal level. Marco Rubio tried unsuccessfully to get it on the Congressional voting list. Given the current animosity toward Florida in general, I seriously doubt this matter will get a floor vote. There is an even smaller chance of it passing.
Lock the clocks-this insane practice is unnecessary and has actually been proven to be unhealthy. It’s time to stop-even if the rest of the country doesn’t stop we as a state can-so let’s get it done!
Regarding:
“I just wish they’d pick one and stick with it-nationwide”
China tried that once. They had the same official time across four times zones and required all to work accordingly. People were milking cows at three in the morning by regular time in some parts.
Chinese are smart. They quickly realized they had done something stupid and went back.
In America we are free to use official time or ignore it. Inconvenient, though.
Keep the standard Time. We have come forward and Not going back.
@Molino Resident, Thank you! I too think we should stay on standard time.
This bill was passed in Florida in 2018. Has been waiting of federal government to approve when enough other states join.
I love daylight savings time. It makes spring and summer much more enjoyable. I prefer having daylight later in the day as I don’t like going into work and getting out and it being dark at 6pm. I want to be able to enjoy sunlight later in the evening, it just makes sense
@Mr. Metoo
Hear, hear. Performative politics is the worst.
Do something that helps your constituents instead of playing cultural whack a mole!
I just wish they’d pick one and stick with it-nationwide.
How about getting to work on real problems like protecting the rights of the citizens , protecting consumers from the power companies and insurance rate hikes. Balance the budget and deal with the health care system. Could go on but if we can pick the low hanging fruit for vote chasing.
I am with the senator and those with him. I am with them, but do not get to vote. I only pay the ones who do to represent me.
In June change the clock back one half-hour for everybody and that should satisfy half of both parties (standard and daylight savings time people) and we won’t have to go through this madness anymore.
@DST The time change this time of year is the cause of all the problems. It’s been said that farmers want this change. That’s a lie. Farmers never wanted it. Retail corporations want it to keep you out shopping later in the day. The electric companies love it because you have to cool your home longer through the summer. How about do some actual research before commenting. Standard time is just that, standard. It is what we’re supposed to be on. Daylight savings time is what needs to go away.
@DST
EVERYTHING CAUSES THE YOUNG GENERATION,35 AND UNDER DEPRESSION.
dont change it in the fall and what about panhandle if it changes,we will be ahead or behind to Mobile if they change theirs in the fall and spring.
Fed laws says if you have 2 time zones in your state, you are not allowed to change it.
I dont want to be on Miami time and Mobile could be 2 hours different from the panhandle
This needs to be left alone. Its been like this for decades and nothing about it needs to be changed. People need to get over it.
I believe this will finally happen.
They need to keep pushing! It’s ridiculous to even acknowledge standard time anymore, especially considering we do it when we actually have the shortest days.
This is an outside state and you can’t do much outside on a standard work schedule for months. It’s also proven to increase depression etc.
LETS NEVER SWITCH BACK TO STANDARD TIME!