Sunshine Protection Act of 2021
Latest action. Held at the desk.
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.
Written by analysts at the Congressional Research Service and published on Congress.gov, not by Civibrief. Summarized at the "Passed Senate" stage on March 15, 2022. It describes the bill, it is not the legal text.
Held at the desk.
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The record's latest action, on March 16, 2022: Held at the desk.
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In the 117th Congress (2021-22), 362 of the 15,242 bills and joint resolutions introduced became law, about 2.4 percent. That count covers every measure at every stage, including the many that never left committee.
This one has no outstanding steps listed above.
Has anyone actually voted on it?
No. No roll call in this Congress cites this measure. That is the ordinary outcome: most measures never reach a recorded floor vote, and a committee ends most of them simply by not acting.
A vote is not the only thing that happens to a measure. Hearings, markups, and referrals are all recorded actions, and none of them is a vote of the full chamber.
Who is behind it?
Marco Rubio (R-FL) introduced it on March 9, 2021, and 18 members have since signed on as cosponsors.
They come from both major parties: 8 Democrats, 10 Republicans.
Cosponsoring is a formal signature on the text. It is not a commitment to vote for the measure, it does not bind anyone's party, and a long list of cosponsors is a measure of attention rather than of prospects.
How long has it been in play?
It was introduced on March 9, 2021, 2011 days ago. The most recent recorded action was 1639 days ago, on March 16, 2022.
Measures do not carry over. Anything the 117th Congress has not finished by January 3, 2023 dies when the term ends, and has to be introduced again from the start in the next Congress.
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Vote history
- SenateHeld at the desk.
- HouseNot stated in the latest action
- PresidentNot stated in the latest action