Successful Legislation Case Study: Missouri Senate Bill 262 (2021)
Missouri Gov. Mike Parsons (R) signed Senate Bill 262 (SB 262) into law on July 13, 2021. It increases the state gas tax by 12.5 cents per gallon over five years – from [...]
Washington State Lawmakers Introduce Nearly $17 Billion Transportation Funding Package
What’s happening: Statehouse Democrats proposed a 16-year plan that would draw revenue from existing and projected sources. Why it matters: The Move Ahead Washington budgetary proposal would not use any new or increased [...]
State Legislatures Consider 70 Transportation Funding Bills
State lawmakers have introduced at least 70 transportation funding bills since the start of the 2022 legislative session, according to ARTBA’s Transportation Investment Advocacy Center. Thirty-five percent of the bills propose one-time funding [...]
13 States Evaluate Proposals to Suspend or Repeal Transportation Funding Taxes
What’s happening: Policymakers in 11 states are considering bids to temporarily suspend or repeal transportation-related taxes and fees. Legislation has been introduced in 10 states – California, Idaho, Illinois, Maryland, Missouri, Ohio, Rhode Island, [...]
GAO Report Evaluates State Road Usage Charge for National Policy
What happened: The U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) has released a report studying how state pilot programs could guide an expanded national policy on user-fee alternatives to the federal gas tax. Why it [...]
Wyoming Joint Transportation Committee Advances Two Transportation Funding Bills
What happened: On Nov. 30 the Wyoming Legislature’s Joint Transportation, Highways & Military Affairs Committee advanced two infrastructure funding bills to the full legislature. The first would raise the state gas tax 15 [...]
States Begin to Address Funding Needs Following the Signing of the Infrastructure Law
What’s happening: State transportation officials nationwide are assessing their agencies’ short- and long-term funding needs following the Nov. 15 enactment of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA). Why it matters: While the new law [...]
$1 Trillion Infrastructure Bill Passes House, Heads to President for Enactment
What happened: The U.S. House of Representatives Nov. 5 approved the Infrastructure Investment & Jobs Act (IIJA), which includes $450 billion for highway and public transportation investments and a new, five-year reauthorization of [...]
Continued Voter Support for Transportation Investment Apparent in Nov. 2 Election Results
Voters in 17 states Nov. 2 approved 89 percent of 275 state and local ballot initiatives aimed at boosting transportation investment. The American Road & Transportation Builders Association’s Transportation Investment Advocacy Center (ARTBA-TIAC) [...]
Texans Set to Vote on Transportation Funding Measure
What’s happening: Texas voters will decide whether to allow counties to fund infrastructure projects in the upcoming Nov. 2 election. Why it Matters: Proposition 2 would amend the Texas Constitution to authorize counties [...]