Sen. Rick Scott (R-Fla.) reintroduced legislation to make daylight saving time year-round on Tuesday, touting bipartisan support for the measure. “I hear from Americans constantly that they are

Sen. Rick Scott (R-Florida) on Jan. 8 reintroduced legislation to end changing clocks twice a year, calling it "unnecessary" and an "annoyance."

Twice each year we change our clocks for daylight saving time and every year it brings up the debate over whether the current system is working or if we should switch to a permanent set time.

Daylight saving time will start on Sunday, March 9. The “spring forward” changeover officially takes place at 2 a.m., when we move the clocks ahead by one hour, meaning sunrise and sunset will be about one hour later on March 9 than the day before and there will be more light in the evening and less in the morning.

Lawmakers are trying to pass legislation to make Daylight Saving Time year-round. Sen. Rick Scott (R-Fla.) re-introduced legislation on Tuesday that permanently keeps time forward.

The legislation is supported by President-elect Donald Trump, who vowed last month that Republicans "will use its best efforts to eliminate Daylight Saving Time." The Senate previously passed a bill to make DST permanent in 2022,

A bipartisan group of U.S. senators, including Oklahoma's James Lankford, is reviving efforts to make daylight saving time permanent with the Sunshine Protection Act.

Florida is one of 19 states that have passed measures over the last five years to stay on daylight saving time permanently, but Congress must approve it.

U.S. Senator Tommy Tuberville (R-AL) has joined U.S. Senator Rick Scott (R-FL) in reintroducing the Sunshine Protection Act, or S.29, to officially “lock the clock” to end

Sen. Rick Scott (R–Florida) and others have introduced a bill to make daylight saving time permanent year-round.

If signed into law, the Sunshine Protection Act would make it to where Americans don't need to change their clocks twice a year anymore.

Florida is one of 19 states that have passed measures over the last five years to stay on daylight saving time permanently, but Congress must approve it.