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IntroducedJan 22, 2026
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Passed HouseMar 12, 2026
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Passed Senate
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Became Law
Maryland House Bill
Transportation - Major Highway Capacity Expansion Projects and Impact Assessments (Transportation and Climate Alignment Act of 2026)
Last Action See all actions
Senate • Mar 13, 2026: Referred Budget and Taxation
Latest Bill Text See all bill texts
Summary
Comments on HB 437
Tweets
Whip Lists
Sponsors
Votes
YES: 38
- Adams
- Ciliberti
- Howard
- Morgan, M.
- Schmidt
- Anderson
- Fisher
- Hutchinson
- Morgan, T.
- Stonko
- Arentz
- Ghrist
- Jacobs
- Nawrocki
- Szeliga
- Arikan
- Grammer
- Kipke
- Nkongolo
- Tomlinson
- Baker
- Griffith
- Long, R.
- Pippy
- Valentine
- Beauchamp
- Hartman
- Mangione
- Reilly
- Wilson
- Buckel
- Hinebaugh
- McComas
- Rose
- Wivell
- Chisholm
- Hornberger
- Miller
NO: 95
- Joseline A. Peña-Melnyk
- Crutchfield
- Johnson, S.
- Phillips
- Stein
- Acevero
- Cullison
- Jones, D.
- Pruski
- Stewart
- Addison
- Davis
- Kaiser
- Qi
- Stinnett
- Allen
- Ebersole
- Kaufman
- Queen
- Taveras
- Alston
- Edelson
- Kerr
- Roberson
- Taylor
- Amprey
- Embry
- Korman
- Roberts
- Terrasa
- Bagnall
- Fair
- Lehman
- Rogers
- Toles
- Barnes
- Fennell
- Lewis
- Rosenberg
- Turner
- Bartlett
- Foley
- Long, J.
- Ross
- Valderrama
- Behler
- Forbes
- Lopez
- Ruff
- Vogel
- Bhandari
- Fraser-Hidalgo
- Martinez
- Ruth
- Watson
- Boafo
- Guyton
- McCaskill
- Sample-Hughes
- Wells
- Boyce
- Guzzone
- Mireku-North
- Schindler
- White Holland
- Cardin
- Harrison
- Moon
- Shetty
- Wilkins
- Chang
- Healey
- Moreno
- Simmons
- Wolek
- Charkoudian
- Hill
- Odom
- Simpson
- Woods
- Clippinger
- Holmes
- Palakovich Carr
- Smith
- Woorman
- Coley
- Ivey
- Pasteur
- Solomon
- Wu
- Conaway
- Johnson, A.
- Patterson
- Spiegel
- Young
YES: 35
- Adams
- Chisholm
- Hinebaugh
- Mangione
- Pippy
- Anderson
- Ciliberti
- Hornberger
- McComas
- Reilly
- Arentz
- Fisher
- Howard
- Miller
- Stonko
- Arikan
- Ghrist
- Hutchinson
- Morgan, M.
- Szeliga
- Baker
- Grammer
- Jacobs
- Morgan, T.
- Tomlinson
- Beauchamp
- Griffith
- Kipke
- Nawrocki
- Valentine
- Buckel
- Hartman
- Long, R.
- Nkongolo
- Wivell
NO: 98
- Joseline A. Peña-Melnyk
- Cullison
- Kaiser
- Queen
- Taveras
- Acevero
- Davis
- Kaufman
- Roberson
- Taylor
- Addison
- Ebersole
- Kerr
- Roberts
- Terrasa
- Allen
- Edelson
- Korman
- Rogers
- Toles
- Alston
- Embry
- Lehman
- Rosenberg
- Turner
- Amprey
- Fair
- Lewis
- Ross
- Valderrama
- Bagnall
- Fennell
- Long, J.
- Ruff
- Vogel
- Barnes
- Foley
- Lopez
- Ruth
- Watson
- Bartlett
- Forbes
- Martinez
- Sample-Hughes
- Wells
- Behler
- Fraser-Hidalgo
- McCaskill
- Schindler
- White Holland
- Bhandari
- Guyton
- Mireku-North
- Shetty
- Wilkins
- Boafo
- Guzzone
- Moon
- Simmons
- Wilson
- Boyce
- Harrison
- Moreno
- Simpson
- Wims
- Cardin
- Healey
- Odom
- Smith
- Wolek
- Chang
- Hill
- Palakovich Carr
- Solomon
- Woods
- Charkoudian
- Holmes
- Pasteur
- Spiegel
- Woorman
- Clippinger
- Ivey
- Patterson
- Stein
- Wu
- Coley
- Johnson, A.
- Phillips
- Stewart
- Young
- Conaway
- Johnson, S.
- Pruski
- Stinnett
- Ziegler
- Crutchfield
- Jones, D.
- Qi
YES: 39
- Adams
- Ciliberti
- Howard
- Morgan, M.
- Sample-Hughes
- Anderson
- Fisher
- Hutchinson
- Morgan, T.
- Schmidt
- Arentz
- Ghrist
- Jacobs
- Nawrocki
- Stonko
- Arikan
- Grammer
- Kipke
- Nkongolo
- Szeliga
- Baker
- Griffith
- Long, R.
- Pippy
- Tomlinson
- Beauchamp
- Hartman
- Mangione
- Reilly
- Valentine
- Buckel
- Hinebaugh
- McComas
- Rogers
- Wivell
- Chisholm
- Hornberger
- Miller
- Rose
NO: 94
- Joseline A. Peña-Melnyk
- Crutchfield
- Johnson, S.
- Phillips
- Stinnett
- Acevero
- Cullison
- Jones, D.
- Pruski
- Taveras
- Addison
- Davis
- Kaiser
- Qi
- Taylor
- Allen
- Ebersole
- Kaufman
- Queen
- Terrasa
- Alston
- Edelson
- Kerr
- Roberson
- Turner
- Amprey
- Embry
- Korman
- Roberts
- Valderrama
- Bagnall
- Fair
- Lehman
- Rosenberg
- Vogel
- Barnes
- Fennell
- Lewis
- Ross
- Watson
- Bartlett
- Foley
- Long, J.
- Ruff
- Wells
- Behler
- Forbes
- Lopez
- Ruth
- Wilkins
- Bhandari
- Fraser-Hidalgo
- Martinez
- Schindler
- Wilson
- Boafo
- Guyton
- McCaskill
- Shetty
- Wims
- Boyce
- Guzzone
- Mireku-North
- Simmons
- Wolek
- Cardin
- Harrison
- Moon
- Simpson
- Woods
- Chang
- Healey
- Moreno
- Smith
- Woorman
- Charkoudian
- Hill
- Odom
- Solomon
- Wu
- Clippinger
- Holmes
- Palakovich Carr
- Spiegel
- Young
- Coley
- Ivey
- Pasteur
- Stein
- Ziegler
- Conaway
- Johnson, A.
- Patterson
- Stewart
NOT VOTING: 4
YES: 36
- Adams
- Ciliberti
- Hornberger
- McComas
- Reilly
- Anderson
- Fisher
- Howard
- Miller
- Rose
- Arentz
- Ghrist
- Hutchinson
- Morgan, M.
- Stonko
- Arikan
- Grammer
- Jacobs
- Morgan, T.
- Szeliga
- Baker
- Griffith
- Kipke
- Nawrocki
- Tomlinson
- Beauchamp
- Hartman
- Long, R.
- Nkongolo
- Valentine
- Buckel
- Hinebaugh
- Mangione
- Pippy
- Wivell
- Chisholm
NO: 98
- Joseline A. Peña-Melnyk
- Cullison
- Kaiser
- Queen
- Taveras
- Acevero
- Davis
- Kaufman
- Roberson
- Taylor
- Addison
- Ebersole
- Kerr
- Roberts
- Terrasa
- Allen
- Edelson
- Korman
- Rogers
- Toles
- Alston
- Embry
- Lehman
- Rosenberg
- Turner
- Amprey
- Fair
- Lewis
- Ross
- Valderrama
- Bagnall
- Fennell
- Long, J.
- Ruff
- Vogel
- Barnes
- Foley
- Lopez
- Ruth
- Watson
- Bartlett
- Forbes
- Martinez
- Sample-Hughes
- Wells
- Behler
- Fraser-Hidalgo
- McCaskill
- Schindler
- White Holland
- Bhandari
- Guyton
- Mireku-North
- Shetty
- Wilkins
- Boafo
- Guzzone
- Moon
- Simmons
- Wilson
- Boyce
- Harrison
- Moreno
- Simpson
- Wims
- Cardin
- Healey
- Odom
- Smith
- Wolek
- Chang
- Hill
- Palakovich Carr
- Solomon
- Woods
- Charkoudian
- Holmes
- Pasteur
- Spiegel
- Woorman
- Clippinger
- Ivey
- Patterson
- Stein
- Wu
- Coley
- Johnson, A.
- Phillips
- Stewart
- Young
- Conaway
- Johnson, S.
- Pruski
- Stinnett
- Ziegler
- Crutchfield
- Jones, D.
- Qi
YES: 93
- Joseline A. Peña-Melnyk
- Davis
- Kaiser
- Queen
- Terrasa
- Acevero
- Ebersole
- Kaufman
- Roberson
- Toles
- Addison
- Edelson
- Kerr
- Rogers
- Turner
- Allen
- Embry
- Korman
- Rosenberg
- Valderrama
- Alston
- Fair
- Lehman
- Ross
- Vogel
- Amprey
- Fennell
- Lewis
- Ruff
- Watson
- Bagnall
- Foley
- Long, J.
- Ruth
- Wells
- Barnes
- Forbes
- Lopez
- Shetty
- White Holland
- Bartlett
- Fraser-Hidalgo
- Martinez
- Simmons
- Wilkins
- Behler
- Guyton
- McCaskill
- Simpson
- Williams
- Bhandari
- Guzzone
- Mireku-North
- Smith
- Wilson
- Boyce
- Harrison
- Moon
- Solomon
- Wims
- Cardin
- Healey
- Moreno
- Spiegel
- Wolek
- Chang
- Hill
- Odom
- Stein
- Woods
- Charkoudian
- Holmes
- Palakovich Carr
- Stewart
- Woorman
- Clippinger
- Ivey
- Pasteur
- Stinnett
- Wu
- Coley
- Johnson, A.
- Patterson
- Taveras
- Young
- Conaway
- Johnson, S.
- Phillips
- Taylor
- Ziegler
- Crutchfield
- Jones, D.
- Pruski
NO: 39
Actions
- Mar 13, 2026 | Senate
- Referred Budget and Taxation
- Mar 12, 2026 | House
- Third Reading Passed (93-39)
- Mar 11, 2026 | House
- Floor Amendment {193221/1 (Delegate Chisholm) Rejected (35-98)
- Floor Amendment {623325/1 (Delegate Chisholm) Rejected (36-98)
- Floor Amendment {743121/1 (Delegate Chisholm) Rejected (38-95)
- Floor Amendment {693226/1 (Delegate Pippy) Withdrawn
- Floor Amendment {123521/1 (Delegate Hartman) Rejected (39-94)
- Second Reading Passed with Amendments
- Mar 10, 2026 | House
- Favorable with Amendments Report by Appropriations
- Favorable with Amendments {273324/1 Adopted
- Motion Special Order until 3/11 (Delegate Chisholm) Adopted
- Feb 02, 2026 | House
- Hearing 2/10 at 1:00 p.m. (Appropriations)
- Jan 22, 2026 | House
- First Reading Appropriations and Environment and Transportation
Bill Texts
- Text - First - Transportation - Major Highway Capacity Expansion Projects and Impact Assessments (Transportation and Climate Alignment Act of 2026)PDF
- Amendments {273324/1 Adopted (House)PDF
- Floor Amendment {193221/1 (Delegate Chisholm) Rejected (35-98) (House)PDF
- Floor Amendment {623325/1 (Delegate Chisholm) Rejected (36-98) (House)PDF
- Floor Amendment {743121/1 (Delegate Chisholm) Rejected (38-95) (House)PDF
- Floor Amendment {693226/1 (Delegate Pippy) Withdrawn (House)PDF
- Floor Amendment {123521/1 (Delegate Hartman) Rejected (39-94) (House)PDF
- Text - Third - Transportation - Major Highway Capacity Expansion Projects and Impact Assessments (Transportation and Climate Alignment Act of 2026)PDF
Documents
- Fiscal and Policy Note (Revised)PDF
- Vote - House - Committee - AppropriationsPDF
- Vote - House - Committee - Environment and TransportationPDF
- Video: AppropriationsHTML
- Witness ListHTML
- APP Testimony, FAV -- Durholz, Marlene
- APP Testimony, FAV -- Snyder, Abigail (Baltimore Jewish Council)
- APP In Person - Oral Testimony, FAV -- Fitzgerald, Terrence (Chesapeake Physicians for Social Responsibility)
- APP Testimony, FAV -- Plante, Cecilia (Maryland Legislative Coalition)
- APP Testimony, FAV -- Cohn, Debbie
- APP Testimony, FAV -- Webster, Phil (Legislative body for the Unitarian Universalist faith, C/O Unitarian Universalist Church of Annapolis)
- APP Testimony, FAV -- Arndt, Dave
- APP Testimony, FAV -- Shen, Kevin (Union of Concerned Scientists)
- APP Testimony, FAV -- Johnson, Dana (Homes for America)
- APP Testimony, FAV -- Simon, Robert (Maryland Catholics for Our Common Home)
- APP Testimony, FAV -- Norton, Eric (Central Maryland Transportation Alliance)
- APP Testimony, FAV -- Clean Transportation Advocates, Maryland
- APP Testimony, UNF -- Sakata, Michael (MTBMA)
- APP Testimony, FAV -- Alexander, Peter
- APP In Person - Oral Testimony, FAV -- Harbeson, Kristen (Maryland League of Conservation Voters)
- APP Testimony, FAV -- Budish, Robin (Transit Choices)
- APP Testimony, FAV -- Brown, Jim (Audubon Mid-Atlantic)
- APP Testimony, FAV -- Carras, Michelle
- APP Testimony, FAV -- Ditzler, Bee (LeagueWomenVotersMaryland)
- APP Testimony, FAV -- Ostdahl, Maggie (National Aquarium)
- APP Testimony, FAV -- Holt, Steve (MEPPN)
- APP In Person - Oral Testimony, FAV -- Hunter, Casey (League of Women Voters of Maryland)
- APP Testimony, FAV -- Pugh, Daria (Disability Rights Maryland)
- APP Testimony, FAV -- Clements, Mark (Greater Greater Washington)
- APP Testimony, FAV -- Pugh, Bill (Coalition for Smarter Growth)
- APP Testimony, FAV -- Bunn, Elizabeth
- APP Testimony, FAV -- Wilkinson, nanci (Climate Mobilization Montgomery County)
- APP Testimony, FAV -- Bogdan, Henry (Maryland Nonprofits)
- APP Testimony, FAV -- DeMarco, Jamie (DeMarco Advocacy)
- APP Testimony, FAV -- Hession, Melody (Delaware-Maryland Synod of the ELCA)
- APP In Person - Oral Testimony, FAV -- Mendelson, Lindsey (Maryland Sierra Club)
- APP Testimony, FAV -- Wivell, Brian (ATU Local 1300)
- APP Testimony, FAV -- Organization, HoCo Climate Action (HoCo Climate Action)
- APP Testimony, FAV -- McGilvray, Laurie (Climate Justice Wing of the Maryland Legislative Coalition)
- APP Testimony, FAV -- Behrend, Dan
- APP Testimony, FAV -- Miller, Susan
- APP Testimony, FAV -- Demiray, Sonia (Climate Communications Coalition)
- APP Testimony, UNF -- Smith, Tim (Maryland Asphalt Association)
- APP Testimony, FAV -- Stewart, Frances (Elders Climate Action Maryland)
- APP Testimony, FAV -- Scepaniak, Michael (BaltPOP - Baltimoreans for People-Oriented Places)
- APP Testimony, FAV -- Kabara, Ilona
- APP Testimony, UNF -- Murray, Rory
- APP Testimony, FAV -- Held, Karl
- APP In Person - Oral Testimony, UNF -- Allen, Hannah (Maryland Chamber of Commerce)
- APP Testimony, UNF -- Lang, Alan
- APP Testimony, FAV -- Dupuy, Andrew (Rails to Trails Conservancy)
- APP Testimony, FAV -- N/A, Healthy Climate Maryland (Healthy Climate Maryland)
- APP In Person - Oral Testimony, FAV -- McMillan, Michael (ATU Local 1300)
- APP Testimony, FAV -- Bartock, Laura (Maryland Climate Partners)
- APP Testimony, FAV -- Goldberg, Donald M. (Climate Law & Policy Project)
- APP Testimony, FAV -- Singer, Elizabeth (Jewish Community Relations Council, Jewish Federation of Howard County)
- APP Testimony, FAV -- Lyons-Raeder, Jane (Maryland Sierra Club)
- APP Testimony, FAV -- Snook, Brody
- APP Testimony, FAV -- Fitzgerald, Garrett (Montgomery County Department of Environmental Protection)
- APP Testimony, FAV -- Stegman, Matt (Chesapeake Bay Foundation)
- APP In Person - Oral Testimony, UNF -- Ballentine, Tom (NAIOP Maryland)
- APP Testimony, FWA -- Westervelt, Patricia (Maryland Department of Transportation)
- APP In Person - Oral Testimony, INFO -- Moravec, Miguel (Rocky Mountain Institute)
- APP Testimony, N/A -- Testimony, All
- APP Testimony, FAV -- Kaplowitz, Richard
- APP Testimony, FAV -- Caucus, Maryland Transit
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