House bill · 118th Congress · Did not become law
DAYLIGHT Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedMar 10, 2023
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Mar 17, 2023 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Innovation, Data, and Commerce.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1561.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. NORMAN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 46, March 10, 2023, Page H1281):Article I, Section 8 The single subject of this legislation is: To allow States to elect to observe year-round daylight saving timeSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 10, 2023 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 131 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1561, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/1561
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- January 16, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.
Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of January 16, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
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Vote results
No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).
Cosponsors
3 cosponsors — 3 Republicans
0 of 3 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Russell Fry (R-SC), Richard McCormick (R-GA), Joe Wilson (R-SC).
More from the sponsor
Other 118th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Ralph Norman.
- H.J.Res. 11 (118th) Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to limit the number of terms that a Member of Congress may serve.
- H.R. 9714 (118th) CBO Oversight Act
- H.R. 4655 (118th) Businesses Over Activists Act
- H.J.Res. 59 (118th) Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Department of Labor…
- H.R. 632 (118th) Ensuring Accurate and Complete Abortion Data Reporting Act of 2023
- H.R. 1470 (118th) No Federal Funds for Abortion Travel Expenses Act of 2023
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 14, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.