Texas Senate Passes Bill to Make Daylight Saving Time Permanent, Pending Federal Action

Legislature approves permanent 'Texas Time'

Texas lawmakers want to stop changing the clocks. Texas senators approved House Bill 1393 on Thursday, which adopts permanent daylight savings time, doing away with the current practice of changing the clocks by an hour every spring and autumn.

Austin– Texas legislators want to stop changing clocks. Texas Senators passed House Bill 1393 on Thursday, which adopts the Permanent Summer Schedule, eliminating the current practice of changing clocks for one hour each spring and fall. Introduced by state representative Will Metcalf, a Republican from Conroe who submitted a similar bill during the last legislative session, the bill would eliminate bi-annual clock changes for both parts of the …

Texas Senate passes bill to make daylight saving time permanent, pending federal action

The Texas Senate has passed a bill that would move the state to permanent daylight saving time, ending the long-standing tradition of “springing forward” and “falling back” each year.

Texas lawmakers approve permanent daylight saving time, but the legislative fight isn't over

Texas lawmakers approved a bill to make daylight saving time permanent, creating "Texas Time." There is another hurdle before you can stop changing your clocks.

'Texas time' moves a step closer

Biannual clock changes currently take place in every state in the Union except for Hawaii and most of Arizona.

It’s “Texas Time”: Legislature OKs permanent daylight saving time, bu…

Federal action would be needed to make the change legal. Lawmakers at both the state and federal levels have debated the question for decades.