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The debate over ending or keeping daylight saving time includes a new proposal to move clocks back by 30 minutes.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Florida’s U.S. Rep. Greg Steube has introduced a bill to permanently set all time zones across the country back by half an hour and eliminate the twice-yearly daylight saving time changes from the calendar.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The bill titled the \u201cDaylight Act of 2026\u201d<\/a> was introduced by Rep. Steube on Feb. 4, 2026, and was referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In 2025, Florida Rep. Vern Buchanan introduced a bill<\/a> to make daylight saving time permanent, but it did not advance out of committee.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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