WASHINGTON — States could have the choice whether to change the clocks and adhere to daylight saving time under a new bill introduced in Congress this week by Utah Rep. Celeste Maloy.

Texas is currently set to "fall back" to standard time in November. However, state legislators are pushing for the "Texas Time" bill, which would keep the state in daylight saving time permanently.

F366930 02: Tourneau Time Machine employee Pellegrino John Bongiovi sets one of the 20,000 watches in the Manhattan watch store ahead an hour for the onset of Daylight Savings Time in New York ...

Alternatively, Oregon could adopt daylight saving time year-round, again only if Washington and California agree to do so and Congress signs off. Either option would stop the twice-yearly time change.

House Bill 1393, referred to as the “Texas Time" bill, aims to keep Texas on daylight saving time year-round. But can't go into effect just yet.

FRANKFORT, Ky. — Kentuckians may not need to fiddle with their clocks later this year if one lawmaker’s bill is passed and signed into law. Daylight saving time (DST) begins Sunday, March 9 ...

Federal law allows states that sit entirely in one time zone, like Wisconsin, to forego daylight saving if it's a statewide policy. So far, 14 lawmakers from both parties have signed up in support ...

However, under the federal Uniform Time Act of 1966, states cannot unilaterally adopt daylight saving time year-round without congressional approval. Thus, the bill has not progressed.

A bill to move Utah to permanent Daylight Saving Time (subject to congressional approval and five other states joining us) passed in 2020, but nothing has happened with it.

The Utah Senate halted a bill to eliminate daylight saving time. A poll showed 81% of Utah voters support staying on standard time year-round. The bill passed the House but was stopped in a Senate ...

This is the second time he has filed this bill to end daylight saving time. At 2023's session, a bill Meeks sponsored with the exact same language was shot down.