Maryland legislation · 2026 Regular Session
Maryland HB437: Transportation - Major Highway Capacity Expansion Projects and Impact Assessments (Transportation and Climate Alignment Act of 2026)
Status: In committee, April 10, 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.
What the bill says
From the chaptered text, April 10, 2026:
HB0437/333423/1 BY: Budget and Taxation Committee AMENDMENTS TO HOUSE BILL 437 (Third Reading File Bill) AMENDMENT NO. 1 On page 1, in line 11, after "to" insert "redesign or"; in line 16, after the semicolon insert "authorizing the Department to identify certain activities to mitigate certain greenhouse gas emissions;"; and in line 20, strike "2-905" and substitute "2-906". AMENDMENT NO. 2 On page 2, in line 30, after "(G)" insert "(1)"; after line 31, insert: "(2) "MAJOR CAPITAL PROJECT" DOES NOT INCLUDE A TRANSPORTATION FACILITIES PROJECT."; and in line 32, after "(H)" insert "(1)". On page 3, in lines 1 and 4, strike "(1)" and "(2)", respectively, and substitute "(I)" and "(II)", respectively; after line 4, insert: "(2) "MAJOR HIGHWAY CAPACITY EXPANSION PROJECT" DOES NOT INCLUDE A TRANSPORTATION FACILITIES PROJECT. (I) "MULTIMODAL TRANSPORTATION PROGRAM" MEANS A PLAN THAT IDENTIFIES INVESTMENTS AND STRATEGIES TO FULLY OFFSET THE NET GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS ASSOCIATED WITH THE PROPOSED MAJOR HIGHWAY CAPACITY EXPANSION PROJECTS IN THE CONSOLIDATED TRANSPORTATION PROGRAM."; HB0437/333423/01 Budget and Taxation Committee Amendments to HB 437 in lines 5 and 7, strike "(I)" and "(J)", respectively, and substitute "(J)" and "(K)", respectively; after line 10, insert: "(L) "TRANSPORTATION FACILITIES PROJECT" HAS THE MEANING STATED IN § 4-101 OF THIS ARTICLE."; in lines 11 and 13, strike "(K)" and "(L)", respectively, and substitute "(M)" …