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Sunshine Protection Act of 2021

Introduced: March 15, 2022 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 9 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Mar 16, 2022
Held at the desk.
Mar 16, 2022
Received in the House.
Mar 16, 2022
Message on Senate action sent to the House.
Mar 15, 2022
Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent.
Mar 15, 2022
Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent.
Mar 15, 2022
Measure laid before Senate by unanimous consent. (consideration: CR S1165-1167)
Mar 15, 2022
Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation discharged by Unanimous Consent.
Mar 9, 2021
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
Mar 9, 2021
Introduced in Senate
 Amendments to this bill 1

Amendments propose changes to this bill. Members vote on amendments separately before the final bill vote. An agreed amendment becomes part of the bill; a failed amendment does not.

1 agreed to

AmendmentSponsorPurposeStatusLatest action
SAMDT 5,000 — In the nature of a substitute. Agreed to Mar 15, 2022
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Sunshine Protection Act of 2021

This bill makes daylight saving time the new, permanent standard time, effective November 5, 2023.

States with areas exempt from daylight saving time may choose the standard time for those areas.

What's happening now March 16, 2022

Held at the desk.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • HR 69 Identical bill Sunshine Protection Act of 2021
 Bill text 2 versions

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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 14
All 14 Democratic 7 Republican 7
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Paul, Rand
Kentucky · Mar 15, 2022
 D
Booker, Cory A.
New Jersey · Mar 14, 2022
 R
Tuberville, Tommy
Alabama · Feb 1, 2022
 D
Heinrich, Martin
New Mexico · Mar 24, 2021
 R
Blackburn, Marsha
Tennessee · Mar 16, 2021
 D
Murray, Patty
Washington · Mar 16, 2021
 D
Padilla, Alex
California · Mar 16, 2021
 R
Hagerty, Bill
Tennessee · Mar 9, 2021
 R
Hyde-Smith, Cindy
Mississippi · Mar 9, 2021
 R
Lankford, James
Oklahoma · Mar 9, 2021
 D
Markey, Edward J.
Massachusetts · Mar 9, 2021
 R
Scott, Rick
Florida · Mar 9, 2021
 D
Whitehouse, Sheldon
Rhode Island · Mar 9, 2021
 D
Wyden, Ron
Oregon · Mar 9, 2021
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 623: Sunshine Protection Act of 2021. 117th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/117-S-623/
MLA
"S. 623: Sunshine Protection Act of 2021." 117th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/117-S-623/.
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S. 623, 117th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/117-S-623/.
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