Trump Renews Push to Pass Bill That Would Make Daylight Saving Time Permanent

The Sunshine Protection Act would enact a sweeping change to the current system by making Daylight Saving Time year-round across the country. —Kinga Krzeminska—Getty Images President Donald Trump is renewing his support for a bill that would make the U.S. observe Daylight Saving Time year-round.

In a Truth Social post on Wednesday evening, the President said he was “proud” that the House passed a bill last month that would make Daylight Saving Time permanent, and proceeded to call on the Senate to pass the measure.

“People are sick and tired of having to change their clocks twice a year.

It is foolish, inconvenient and, in some cases, very costly,” Trump said.

He went on to argue that the practice “is also bad for your health in the anxiety it creates,” and claimed that permanent Daylight Saving Time would have many benefits, including that it would “help Decrease Robbery and Murder Rates, Reduce Car Accidents (especially those involving Pedestrians!), Lower Risk for Cardiac Issues, Stroke, and Seasonal Depression, Make it Safer for Children to Walk Home from School.” “This is an issue that Republicans, Dumocrats, and Independents can unite behind,” he continued.

“I am asking Republican Senators to PASS THE SUNSHINE PROTECTION ACT, ASAP.” Here’s what to know about the bill , and the controversy surrounding it.

What is the Sunshine Protection Act? Under the current system, most people in the U.S. change their clocks twice a year, moving the clocks forward an hour in March for Daylight Saving Time and back an hour in November for Standard Time.

During Daylight Saving Time, people see the sunrise and sunset an hour later, which, supporters argue, gives people an “extra” hour of daylight in the evening during the warmer months.

A number of states have previously made moves to remain in Daylight Saving Time permanently.

Currently, however, they’re not permitted to enact that change under federal law.

States are able to choose to stay in Standard Time year-round—but the only places that have so far taken that option are Hawaii and most of Arizona.

The rest of the country continues to observe the biannual clock changes.

The bill that passed the House in July, called the Sunshine Protection Act , would enact a sweeping change to the system by making Daylight Saving Time year-round across the country—though it would also give states the ability to opt out of the shift.

The practice of changing the clocks twice a year is controversial: many Americans have expressed their desire to end it .