Marco Rubio floats bill to make Daylight Saving Time permanent

This is after the Florida state Legislature voted for a similar bill to keep Daylight Saving Time all year.

It took the state Senate less than a minute Tuesday to pass the “Sunshine Protection Act.” There were only two dissenters. (The House passed it 103-11 on February 14.) The bill now goes to the desk of Gov. Rick Scott — but it’s far from a done deal after that.

Even if the governor approves, a change like this will likely take an act of Congress.

Florida would then join fellow sunshine-loving states Hawaii and most of Arizona, the two places that are exempt from the Uniform Time Act of 1966.