Americans will shift their clocks back an hour on Nov. 1, as the Senate refuses to move on legislation that would let states adopt permanent daylight saving time.
The House passed the Sunshine Protection Act on July 14, following its January introduction. The bill would amend federal law to allow states to enact year-round daylight saving time. But the measure has stalled in a Senate committee with no debate scheduled.
Federal law currently forbids states from adopting permanent daylight saving time on their own. The Uniform Time Act of 1966 mandates that clocks spring forward one hour on the second Sunday in March and fall back one hour on the first Sunday in November. States can only opt out entirely and stay on standard time year-round—a choice Arizona and Hawaii have made. Most of the Navajo Nation in Arizona, however, observes daylight saving time.
That constraint has created a bind for states like Connecticut that have passed laws calling for permanent daylight saving time but cannot implement them without congressional action. At least 19 states have enacted laws or resolutions demanding the change, with Texas being the most recent in 2025. None of those measures have any effect until Congress rewrites federal law.
The National Conference of State Legislatures reports that virtually every state has considered time-change legislation since 2015. More than 800 bills and resolutions addressing year-round daylight saving time have been introduced in recent years. Yet Washington has produced no consensus on an alternative system, leaving the twice-yearly clock shift in place.
