July 15, 2026 09:36 AM UTC

Are You Ready To Stop Changing Clocks?

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• by: Colorado Pols

As CBS News reports, a long-sought goal of an unusual political coalition spanning traditional political divides took a step closer to reality yesterday:

The House on Tuesday voted to make daylight saving time permanent nationwide, amid a yearslong push to end the twice-annual clock changes.

The bill, titled the Sunshine Protection Act, passed in a 308 to 117 vote. In addition to keeping clocks shifted one hour ahead, which happens in the spring, the measure would allow states to use standard time if an exemption is in effect before the federal law is enacted. Hawaii and most of Arizona currently use standard time year-round.

“I don’t really know anybody who wants to change the clock anymore,” said Democratic Rep. Frank Pallone of New Jersey on Monday as the House Rules Committee considered the measure.

As Colorado Public Radio’s Caitlyn Kim reports via Twitter, our state’s delegation split with one notable exception along partisan lines:

Rep. Brittany Pettersen’s vote is consistent with her vote in 2022 on a state bill that allows Colorado to ditch clock changes pending federal approval. Eliminating the time change has been a regularly discussed topic when more pressing matters are absent, but without momentum at the federal level local boosters like former GOP Sen. Greg Brophy were unable to proceed past the wishing phase. We haven’t seen any comments from other Democrats on their votes against the bill, but here’s 9NEWS’ Chris Bianchi to explain what the change would mean at our latitude:

The change would primarily affect winter daylight patterns in Denver and across Colorado, eliminating the annual “clock fallback” that occurs each November.

A change to permanent daylight saving time would be good news for people who like to sleep in, and less than ideal for people who head out early to work and school. Shifting to a permanent daylight saving time would mean lighter evenings but darker mornings in the winter months.

Your opinion will probably depend on your own circumstances and preferences. Will you cry freedom when the government no longer steals an hour of your life only to return it the following November? Will you not miss the biannual chore of changing all your non-networked clocks…or will you miss the morning sunshine in winter more?

Make a bigger fuss than it deserves either way in the comments below.