Alabama lawmakers are one step closer to ending the twice-yearly clock change after the U.S. House passed legislation making daylight saving time permanent.
The House approved the bill 308-117. If enacted, it would make daylight saving time permanent and end the practice of changing clocks every spring and fall.
Tuberville (R-Auburn), a cosponsor of the Senate version, celebrated the House vote while questioning why the legislation has not advanced in his chamber.
“Glad to see the House pass my bill to lock the clock,” Tuberville wrote on X. “President Trump supports it. So what’s the hold up in the Senate?”
Glad to see the House pass my bill to lock the clock.
President Trump supports it.
So what’s the hold up in the Senate? https://t.co/UnhNUzwH8c
— Coach Tommy Tuberville (@SenTuberville) July 15, 2026
Alabama is already positioned to make the change.
Gov. Kay Ivey signed legislation in 2021 directing Alabama to observe daylight saving time throughout the year once Congress changes federal law to allow it.
The Uniform Time Act currently allows states to remain on standard time year-round, but prevents them from independently adopting permanent daylight saving time.
Every member of Alabama’s House delegation voted for the Sunshine Protection Act, including U.S. Reps. Robert Aderholt (R-Haleyville), Shomari Figures (D-Mobile), Barry Moore (R-Enterprise), Gary Palmer (R-Hoover), Mike Rogers (R-Saks), Terri Sewell (D-Birmingham), and Dale Strong (R-Huntsville).
Strong, an original cosponsor of the bill, said North Alabama residents are ready to stop changing their clocks twice each year.
“North Alabama families and farmers are tired of changing time twice a year,” Strong wrote on X. “Alabamians have spoken: they want an extra hour of sunlight at the end of the day.”
I’m proud to be an original cosponsor of the Sunshine Protection Act and was glad to support its passage in the House. North Alabama families and farmers are tired of changing time twice a year. Alabamians have spoken: they want an extra hour of sunlight at the end of the day.
— Dale W. Strong (@RepDaleStrong) July 15, 2026
Moore said permanent daylight saving time would eliminate confusion and make daily life easier for families.
“President Trump supported it, and I was proud to vote yes,” Moore wrote. “It’s time to stop the confusion and make life a little easier for American families.”
Rogers called the House vote “great progress” toward eliminating what he described as “an outdated nuisance.”
Tuberville has pushed for permanent daylight saving time for years. A previous version of the Sunshine Protection Act passed the Senate by unanimous consent in 2022 but never received a House vote before the end of that Congress.
This time, the House has acted first.
The Sunshine Protection Act now heads to the Senate. If it passes and receives Trump’s signature, Alabama would remain on daylight saving time year-round and residents would no longer set their clocks back in the fall.
Sawyer Knowles is a state and political reporter for Yellowhammer News. You may contact him at [email protected].
