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House Transportation Committee hears substitute to add roughly $1.1 billion to 2026 transportation budget
Summary
Committee staff presented a proposed substitute to House Bill 2306 that increases the 2026 transportation budget by about $1.1 billion, relying largely on reappropriations while adding targeted new preservation, maintenance and project funding; ports, transit and local governments testified in favor of specific items.
Committee staff presented a proposed substitute to House Bill 2306 on Feb. 23, describing changes to the 2026 supplemental transportation budget that would raise the transportation total by about $1.1 billion to roughly $16.5 billion.
The substitute, explained by committee staffer Amy Skate, would repurpose roughly $780 million in reappropriations from underspent capital balances and add new spending in several targeted areas, including $300 million for preservation and $35 million for maintenance. Skate said reappropriations result largely from agency reversions in the capital program and stressed that members should consult the packet materials and the LEAP site for itemized lists of projects.
Why it matters: the bill funds continuing capital projects while managing a weaker revenue forecast and avoiding new bond authority in the current biennium. Skate told the committee the substitute relies on existing…
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