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Mary Gay Scanlon (D-PA)

Sunshine for Our Kids Act of 2026

H.R. 9638 · House bill Science, Technology, Communications

A Democratic bill with 2 Republican cosponsors · See all 11 cosponsors

Last activity — Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

In committee

Introduced and handed to a committee in the chamber it started in.

The committee holds it, and most bills are never heard from again. A hearing or a committee vote would be news; silence is the usual outcome, and it kills the bill without anyone voting against it.

Its path through Congress

  1. Introduced
  2. In Committee

What this bill would do

This bill is titled the Sunshine for Our Kids Act of 2026. It aims to make standard time permanent across the country. However, the bill gives individual States the choice to elect to observe daylight saving time instead. Under the rules, states in a single time zone must apply the change to the entire state. States with more than one time zone can apply the change to the entire state or to specific areas within a time zone. These changes are set to take effect on the first Sunday of November following the date of the bill's enactment.

Yes

  • Scored +5

    Does this leave more decisions to the states?

    The bill grants individual states the explicit flexibility and authority to elect to observe daylight saving time year-round or partially.

  • Scored +2

    Would children be better off under this?

    Standardizing time permanently or providing state choices can benefit children's sleep schedules, though lack of state action may cause minor confusion.

The opposite

  • Scored -2

    Does this give the federal government more power?

    The bill overrides federal daylight saving time standards to default to permanent standard time, though it provides exemptions for states.