HOUSTON — In just a few weeks, Americans will gain an hour of sleep as daylight saving time ends. It starts Sunday, Nov. 2, clocks around the U.S. will "fall back" an hour at 2 a.m.

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott signed legislation in June 2025 that would make daylight saving time permanent year-round in the Lone Star State — but only if Congress gives its permission first.

House Bill 1393 , which Abbott signed into law, would eliminate the twice-yearly clock changes Texans currently observe and keep the state on daylight saving time throughout the entire year. Under the new law, the official time would be called "Texas Time" and would apply to both the central and mountain time zones used in different parts of the state.

However, the law includes a critical condition: It only takes effect i

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