Does anyone else notice an error in the maps in the NY Times article showing how many days per year each county would have sunrises after 7 am under the current system vs. permanent standard time vs. permanent daylight saving time?
On Tue, Jul 28, 2026 at 7:15 AM Brooks Harris via tz <[email protected]> wrote: > On 2026-07-28 01:56 AM, James Bellaire wrote: > > On 7/27/2026 9:46 PM, Brooks Harris via tz wrote: > > On 2026-07-27 08:06 PM, Paul Eggert via tz wrote: > > as proposed for the US by the Sunshine Protection bill (H.R. 139). > > I believe the bill, or Act, is titled (may be cited as) Sunshine > Protection Act of 2025 > > The House of Representatives has passed H.R. 139: > H.R. 139 (EH) - Sunshine Protection Act of 2025 > https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/BILLS-119hr139eh > > The bill is now Introduced to the Senate as: > S. 29 (IS) - Sunshine Protection Act of 2025 > https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/BILLS-119s29is > > > Legally they are two separate bills. Follow the first one for the 10 > actions taken so far on H.R. 139. Citing S. 29 would lead to a bill that > has not progressed. (It still can, separately from H.R. 139, but probably > won't since H.R. 139 has reached the same point in the senate.) > > At this point the last action on H.R. 139 was "referred to the (Senate) > Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation" on 7/15/2026. The > committee did not deal with the bill during last week's markup session. The > calendar has not been released for the next markup session in the committee > (which would be the next time the bill could progress). > > > There's a recent article in the New York Times : > Should We Make Daylight Saving Time Permanent? > > https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/27/science/daylight-saving-time-health-safety.html > > It says "A competing House measure, introduced in early July, would lock > the clock on standard time. ". Which leads to: > H.R.9638 - Sunshine for Our Kids Act of 2026 > https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/9638/text > > How might this work? How does the legal process relate to H.R. 139? Can > both bills pass, or has H.R. 139 preempted H.R.9638? > > (It's not clear to me that H.R.9638 would actually "lock the clock on > standard time", because it seems to give states the option to continue DST. > Is that how you read it?) > >
