HB 437 — Transportation - Major Highway Capacity Expansion Projects and Impact Assessments (Transportation and Climate Alignment Act of 2026)
MD 2026RS session · introduced 2026-01-22
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.
Latest action: — In the Senate - Laid Over (Senator Hershey) Adopted
Sponsors (3)
- Mark Edelson (D, MD-46) — sponsor · 2026-01-22
- Jared Solomon (D, MD-18) — cosponsor · 2026-01-22
- Courtney Watson (D, MD-9) — cosponsor · 2026-01-22
Action timeline (8)
- · house — First Reading
- · house — Hearing — Appropriations
- · house — Second Reading — Passed with Amendments
- · house — Third Reading — Passed
- · senate — First Reading (cross-filed)
- · house — Committee Report — Favorable with Amendments
- · senate — Hearing — Budget and Taxation
- · senate — Committee Report — Favorable with Amendments
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3 typed relationships in the influence graph — 0 inbound, 3 outbound, grouped by type.
referred to committee (3)
| date | dir | entity | amount | role | source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | → | Senate budget and taxation | — | md-leg | |
| — | → | House environment and transportation | — | md-leg | |
| — | → | House appropriations | — | md-leg |
Who matters on this bill
Who matters
Members ranked by combined influence on this bill: role (sponsor 5 / cosponsor 1), capped speech count from the Congressional Record, and recorded-vote engagement.
| # | Member | Role | Speeches | Voted | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mark Edelson (D, state_lower MD-46) | sponsor | 0 | — | 5 |
| 2 | Courtney Watson (D, state_lower MD-9) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
| 3 | Jared Solomon (D, state_lower MD-18) | cosponsor | 0 | — | 1 |
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Predicted vote
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0 predicted yes (0%) · 543 predicted no (100%) · 0 unknown (0%)
By party: · R: 0 yes / 277 no · D: 0 yes / 263 no · I: 0 yes / 3 no
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- 2026-05-24 · was referred to Senate budget and taxation · md-leg
- 2026-05-24 · was referred to House environment and transportation · md-leg
- 2026-05-24 · was referred to House appropriations · md-leg