Texans will have to change our clocks on Nov. 2, 2025, despite a law to keep us on DST.
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 if the U.S. Congress passes legislation authorizing Texas to observe daylight saving time year-round. Without congressional approval, the law has no effect.
The measure represents the lone success among several daylight saving time proposals Texas lawmakers introduced in recent legislative sessions. Other efforts ranged from eliminating daylight saving time to letting voters decide whether the state should follow daylight saving time or remain on standard time year-round.
All competing bills failed to advance through the legislative process and died while awaiting committee action. A proposal to put the question before Texas voters has not yet received a vote in either legislative chamber.
H.B. 1393 represents the finalized legislation now awaiting federal clearance.
Arizona and Hawaii are the only two states that don’t observe daylight saving time and don’t change their clocks.