HR 139referred119th Congress

Sunshine Protection Act of 2025

Introduced Jan 3, 2025House billPolicy area: Science, Technology, CommunicationsLast action Jan 3, 2025Sponsor: Vern Buchanan(R-FL)

technologyScience, Technology, Communications

Commerce, Science, and Transportation CommitteeEnergy and Commerce Committee

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Official summaryUpdated Jul 15, 2026

What the bill does

Sunshine Protection Act of 2025 This bill makes daylight saving time the new, permanent standard time. States with areas exempt from daylight saving time may choose the standard time for those areas.

Latest official action

Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.

Lobbying Filings

$2063.8M

Total Lobbying Spend

Suspicious Trades

Members Involved

Timeline

Oct 9, 2024lobbying

Lobbying filed by REAL ESTATE ROUNDTABLE

Jan 3, 2025bill

Bill introduced

Jan 15, 2025lobbying

Lobbying filed by REAL ESTATE ROUNDTABLE

Jan 28, 2025trade

Julie Johnson sold ALE

Jan 28, 2025trade

Julie Johnson sold ALE

Apr 21, 2025lobbying

Lobbying filed by NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF BROADCASTERS

Official Congressional Actions

Jul 15, 2026IntroReferral

Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.

Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee

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Jul 14, 2026Floor

Considered under the provisions of rule H. Res. 1423. (consideration: CR H4445-4452)

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Jul 14, 2026Floor

Rule provides for consideration of H.R. 139, H.R. 8595, H.R. 9237 and H.R. 1181. The resolution provides for consideration of H.R. 139, H.R. 9237, and H.R. 1181 under a closed rule, and H.R. 8595 under a structured rule with one hour of debate and one motion to reconsider on each bill.

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Jul 14, 2026Floor

Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.

Lobbying Activity

Registrant	Client	Amount	Filed	Period	Issues
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF BROADCASTERS	NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF BROADCASTERS	$305.0M	Apr 21, 2025	2025Q1	ADVCOMCPT
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF BROADCASTERS	NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF BROADCASTERS	$289.0M	Jul 21, 2025	2025Q2	ADVCOMCPT
REAL ESTATE ROUNDTABLE

Suspicious Trading Activity

Congress members who traded stocks in companies connected to lobbying on this bill, within 90 days of its introduction date.

Member	Party	Ticker	Company	Trade	Date	Amount	Timing	Lobbying Client	Conflict
Julie Johnson	D	ALE	ALE	Sell	Jan 28, 2025	$1,001 - $15,000	25d after	SALEM MEDIA GROUP	18%
Julie Johnson	D	ALE

Conflict Summary

2 trades by 1 member of Congress in companies connected to lobbying on HR 139. The average conflict score is 18%.

Julie Johnson (2 trades)

Votes on This Bill

Member	Party	Position	Date
Jake Auchincloss	D	nay	Jul 14, 2026
Mark E. Amodei	R	yea	Jul 14, 2026
Alma S. Adams	D	yea	Jul 14, 2026
Pete Aguilar	D	yea	Jul 14, 2026

Methodology: Bill-Lobbying-Trade Connection

CapitolExposed identifies the "bill-lobbying-trade pipeline" by: (1) finding lobbying filings (LD-2) that specifically mention this bill, (2) matching lobbying clients to publicly traded companies, and (3) finding stock trades by members of Congress in those companies within 90 days of the bill's introduction date. Trades made before the bill was introduced are highlighted in red, as they may indicate advance knowledge. This analysis surfaces correlations worthy of scrutiny; it does not prove wrongdoing.