The very simple reason Kansas doesn’t do daylight saving time starting November 2025 is due to new state legislation (Senate Bill No. 1) that exempts Kansas from observing daylight saving time changes, effectively keeping the state on permanent standard time unless Congress authorizes a move to permanent daylight saving time. This change aligns with a desire to end the biannual clock changes people find disruptive and confusing.
Along with Kansas, the other U.S. state that currently does not observe daylight saving time is Arizona (except the Navajo Nation), which has stayed on permanent standard time since 1968 due to its hot climate and the desire to avoid extending daylight hours in the scorching summer evenings.
Kansas will join Arizona in not changing clocks biannually starting in late 2025, primarily to avoid the complications and disruptions of daylight saving time changes, pending congressional approval for any further time standard modifications.
SOURCE
[1](https://kslegislature.gov/li/b2025_26/measures/documents/sb1_00_0000.pdf)
[2](https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/5464355-daylight-saving-time-which-states-want-to-stop-changing-the-clocks/)
[3](https://worldpopulationreview.com/state-rankings/daylight-savings-time-by-state)
[4](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Permanent_time_observation_in_the_United_States)
[5](https://www.timeanddate.com/time/change/usa)
