State Transportation Funding Legislation
At a glance
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- What: state legislators are preparing a transportation funding bill after a ballot initiative by a road-funding coalition was withdrawn.
- Ideas reported: revisiting fees created by Senate Bill 21-260, starting with higher luxury-vehicle and electric-vehicle fees and possibly oversize and overweight vehicles; a goal of about $125 million for bridge and surface repair with no new lanes; closing the so-called Montana loophole for out-of-state LLC vehicle registrations; and a possible referred measure to raise about $7 billion over 10 years.
- Committee question: Councilmember Jackson (Vice Chair) asked how a luxury vehicle would be defined, by price or by brand. The lobbyist did not know and will ask the sponsor.
- Next: answer on the luxury-vehicle definition; bill language after the election.
Sources
- 2026-10-15 - Federal, State & Intergovernmental Relations Policy Committee (video and transcript, 2026-10-15)
Discussion time
About 3 minutes across 1 meeting (from transcript timestamps; approximate).
| Meeting | Minutes |
|---|---|
| 2026-10-15 - Federal, State & Intergovernmental Relations Policy Committee | 3 |
Log
- 2026-10-15 - Federal, State & Intergovernmental Relations Policy Committee - Update plus a question on how luxury vehicles would be defined; follow-up promised.