2026 Regular Session
HB437
Transportation - Major Highway Capacity Expansion Projects and Impact Assessments (Transportation and Climate Alignment Act of 2026)
Requiring the Department of Transportation, as part of the planning and implementation of certain major highway expansion projects, to perform an impact assessment of the project and develop and implement a corresponding multimodal transportation program; requiring the Department, beginning with the Consolidated Transportation Program for fiscal year 2028 through 2033, to evaluate certain major capital projects for their impact on greenhouse gas emissions and vehicle miles traveled; etc.
Legislative progress
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This summary includes only completed milestones supported by recorded actions. It does not predict the next step, and it preserves later committee reassignments, concurrence, conference, veto, and approval actions when they occur.
Recorded floor votes
5 roll calls are available for this bill. This record includes procedural and intermediate action as well as substantive final votes.
March 11, 2026 · House
Floor Amendment 193221/1 (Delegate Chisholm) Rejected
Failed
35 yea–98 nay · 4 not voting · 4 absent
March 11, 2026 · House
Floor Amendment 623325/1 (Delegate Chisholm) Rejected
Failed
36 yea–98 nay · 3 not voting · 4 absent
March 11, 2026 · House
Floor Amendment 743121/1 (Delegate Chisholm) Rejected
Failed
38 yea–95 nay · 4 not voting · 4 absent
March 11, 2026 · House
Floor Amendment 123521/1 (Delegate Hartman) Rejected
Failed
39 yea–94 nay · 4 not voting · 4 absent
March 12, 2026 · House
Third Reading Passed
Passed ⭐ Substantive final action
93 yea–39 nay · 3 not voting · 6 absent
Committee referrals
March 13, 2026 · Senate
Budget and Taxation
January 22, 2026 · House
Appropriations
Instrument history
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This is the complete recorded action history in the current source package. Highlighted entries are marked as significant by the source. A roll-call link appears only when a vote-like action has one unambiguous same-day chamber vote.
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Senate Motion Laid Over (Senator Hershey) Adopted
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Senate Motion Special Order until Next Session (Senator Hershey) Rejected
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Senate Favorable with Amendments {333423/1
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Senate Favorable with Amendments Report by Budget and Taxation
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Senate Hearing 3/24 at 1:00 p.m.
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Senate Referred Budget and Taxation
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House Third Reading Passed (93-39) View roll call
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House Second Reading Passed with Amendments
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House Floor Amendment {123521/1 (Delegate Hartman) Rejected (39-94)
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House Floor Amendment {693226/1 (Delegate Pippy) Withdrawn
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House Floor Amendment {743121/1 (Delegate Chisholm) Rejected (38-95)
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House Floor Amendment {623325/1 (Delegate Chisholm) Rejected (36-98)
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House Floor Amendment {193221/1 (Delegate Chisholm) Rejected (35-98)
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House Motion Special Order until 3/11 (Delegate Chisholm) Adopted
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House Favorable with Amendments {273324/1 Adopted
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House Favorable with Amendments Report by Appropriations
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House Hearing 2/10 at 1:00 p.m. (Appropriations)
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House First Reading Appropriations and Environment and Transportation