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Senate advances H.944 transportation bill after hours of debate; finance substitute and appropriations amendments approved
Summary
On second reading the Senate considered H.944 (FY27 transportation program). Committee presentations covered deficits, paving and bridge backlogs, an authority to issue transportation infrastructure bonds, and a phased mileage‑based user fee (MBUF). Finance offered a substitute amendment and Appropriations proposed deletions and funding adjustments; the substitute and appropriations amendments were approved and the bill was ordered for third reading.
The Senate spent an extended session on H.944, the FY27 transportation program and related statutory changes, receiving detailed committee reports and approving committee amendments and substitutes before ordering the bill for third reading.
Transportation committee members outlined findings that revenue shortfalls and a sharp rise in construction costs threaten the state's ability to maintain roads and bridges. The committee proposed targeted investments — including increases in paving and the shim program for high‑need roads — and identified constraints such as staffing reductions and steep construction‑cost increases (committee presenters cited a roughly 60% rise in the…
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