{"id":181782,"date":"2026-03-07T06:25:07","date_gmt":"2026-03-07T06:25:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/181782\/"},"modified":"2026-03-07T06:25:07","modified_gmt":"2026-03-07T06:25:07","slug":"florida-senator-renews-push-to-make-daylight-saving-time-year-round-northescambia-com","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/181782\/","title":{"rendered":"Florida Senator Renews Push To Make Daylight Saving Time Year-Round : NorthEscambia.com"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/time11.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-317011\" title=\"time11\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/time11.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"540\" height=\"360\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>As we spring forward by an hour tonight, one Florida senator has renewed his push to keep daylight saving time year-round.<\/p>\n<p>His Sunshine Protection Act would make daylight savings time year round.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFloridians and families across the country are counting down the days until they can spring forward and enjoy more sunshine. Even just an extra hour in the evening means more time to play with your kids, walk your dog, and, for those in the Sunshine State, enjoy all that our beautiful beaches, parks, and cities have to offer,\u201d Scott said.<\/p>\n<p>In 2018, as governor of Florida, Scott signed legislation that, pending federal approval, would exempt Florida from the biannual time change and allow the state to remain on daylight time all year.<\/p>\n<p>Last year, Senator Scott was\u00a0joined by 17 of his bipartisan Senate colleagues in reintroducing this bill. Congressman Vern Buchanan leads the companion legislation in the House of Representatives.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWith support from President\u00a0Donald Trump and a bipartisan group of colleagues, it\u2019s clear that now is the time for Congress to pass my\u00a0Sunshine Protection Act. Together, we can finally lock the clock and make Daylight Saving Time permanent so that families can enjoy brighter evenings all year long,\u201d Scott says.<\/p>\n<p>Written by William Reynolds \u00b7 Filed Under <a href=\"http:\/\/www.northescambia.com\/category\/front-top\" title=\"View all posts in FRONT TOP\" rel=\"category tag nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">FRONT TOP<\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"As we spring forward by an hour tonight, one Florida senator has renewed his push to keep daylight&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":181783,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[28,30,29],"class_list":["post-181782","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-florida","tag-florida","tag-florida-headlines","tag-florida-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/181782","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=181782"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/181782\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/181783"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=181782"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=181782"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=181782"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}