Every year, millions of Americans are forced through an arbitrary, national sleep-deprivation experiment. We lose an hour of sleep in the spring, gain a chaotic shift in the fall, and spend weeks adjusting our bodies, schedules, and daily lives to a routine that no longer serves any modern purpose.
It is time to end the spring-forward, fall-back ritual and lock the clock.
Passing the Sunshine Protection Act offers a simple, common-sense fix to a problem everyone agrees is long overdue for a solution. Making Daylight Saving Time permanent across the nation restores stability to our daily routines and brings tangible benefits:
- Protecting Public Health and Safety: The abrupt loss of sleep every spring triggers measurable spikes in heart attacks, strokes, workplace injuries, and fatal traffic accidents. Eliminating the time change will literally save lives.
- Energizing Local Economies: Brighter, longer evenings encourage people to stay active, get outdoors, and support local businesses, keeping neighborhoods vibrant year-round.
- Matching What States Already Want: Nineteen states have already passed laws or resolutions ready to lock the clockâthey are simply waiting on federal action to unlock permanent daylight.
We do not need to keep paying an annual tax on our health, safety, and productivity for a tradition past its expiration date.
Sign this petition to demand Congress pass the Sunshine Protection Act, eliminate the biannual clock shift, and give us permanent evening light once and for all.