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Senate Transportation reviews H.944 draft as Legislative Council flags fund shortfalls and bond-reporting change
Summary
On April 16 the Senate Transportation committee continued review of H.944 (draft 4.1). Legislative Council detailed revenue shortfalls, rising construction costs and a proposal to rely on CDAC reporting rather than preset bond amounts; staff will produce a clean draft for editors and return for final action.
The Senate Transportation committee continued its markup of H.944 on April 16, as Damian Leonard of the Office of Legislative Council summarized new legislative findings and urged prompt action to address transportation-fund shortfalls.
Leonard told the committee that “state fiscal year 2025 transportation fund revenues came in nearly $7.4 million below forecast,” and that the July 2025 consensus forecast projects only about 1.33% compound annual growth in the transportation fund between FY2026 and FY2030. At the same…
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