During the first three months of 2025, 37 states introduced 130 bills related to transportation investment, according to the latest analysis from ARTBA’s Transportation Investment Advocacy Center (ARTBA-TIAC).
This is comparable to the last odd-numbered year, when 125 bills were introduced by 35 states in the first quarter of the year. This number is always larger in odd-years, when all states hold a legislative session and most lawmakers aren’t facing time constraints from reelection campaigns.
Highlights include:
– Mississippi signed into law a nine cents-per-gallon state gas tax increase, with future automatic adjustments every other year.
– A Wyoming bill to allocate sales and use taxes collected on motor vehicles and trailers from the general fund to the highway fund was signed into law on March 3.
While these numbers will likely grow throughout the year, many states have reached introduction and crossover deadlines. The number of new bills will slow while progress is made on existing measures. Sixteen states have already advanced legislation out of the first chamber.
View the ARTBA-TIAC State Legislation dashboard for live updates of transportation funding measures, follow the blog for new state and local developments, and join the 12th Annual National Workshop for State & Local Transportation Advocates to discuss these and future efforts to increase transportation funding.
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