# H.R. 139 (119th): Sunshine Protection Act of 2025

Sunshine Protection Act of 2025 This bill makes daylight saving time the new, permanent standard time. States with areas exempt from daylight saving time may choose the standard time for those areas.

## How this bill is scored

Tier: no Tier 1 record. A bill with no record cannot newly become Tier 1.
Lane: daylight_saving_time. Category: not stored. Lane tag: not stored.
Lane: prudential_policy. Category: not stored. Lane tag: not stored.
Lane: time_policy. Category: not stored. Lane tag: not stored.
Tier 1 sign-off: no record. A bill with no record cannot newly become Tier 1.
Stored polarity: mixed. Only tags the rules mark scoreable on a mixed bill are scored. A yea can draw a penalty or a credit according to the tag. A nay on a tag scored as good can draw a penalty.
Roll 238: On Passage. Vote type: final_passage.
Polarity rationale: Reviewed enrichment (llm_import) polarity: The bill sets a permanent time standard, a generic policy choice with real but prudential tradeoffs (daily schedules, sunlight, health, commerce, and regional preferences). It names no moral harm and does not directly advance or restrain evil or defend justice, so it is best classed as mixed rather than good or evil.
Theological note: This bill concerns ordinary civil timekeeping, a matter of prudence and common welfare rather than a direct moral question. Relevant considerations include neighbor-love in weighing effects on work, family routines, child safety, and health, and the stewardship of ordered daily life. Scripture does not settle the specific choice between clock schedules, so this is issue relevance only, not a candidate judgment.

## Recorded votes

Roll 238: On Passage. Yea 308 · Nay 117 · Other 6.

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