This bill directs the state treasurer to transfer up to $690,000,000 from the climate investment account into the multimodal transportation account and appropriates that amount (or as much as necessary) to the Department of Transportation for the fiscal biennium ending June 30, 2027. The money is designated for cleanup, repairs, replacement, and restoration of transportation infrastructure damaged in the December 2025 atmospheric river and winter weather event covered by emergency proclamation 25-07, including specific work on Interstate 90 and State Routes 2, 167, and 410 and other infrastructure the secretary determines necessary to restore mobility. The act takes effect immediately as necessary for the preservation of public peace, health, or safety. The bill also amends RCW 70A.65.250 to restate and clarify provisions governing the climate investment account. Those statutory changes address labor standards for projects funded from the account, allowable uses during the 2023-2025 and 2025-2027 fiscal biennia, an administrative appropriation cap (not to exceed 5% of total allowance auction receipts described), annual distributions of excess funds (75% to the climate commitment account and 25% to the natural climate solutions account starting July 1, 2023), and transfer authority related to the transfer described above. The amendment references tribal capacity grants and other recipients and contracting groups but does not provide the full texts of related laws or the emergency proclamation; those provisions and the identity of “the secretary” referred to for project decisions are not included in the provided text. No changes to criminal penalties are made or described in the excerpt.

If enacted, the state will redirect up to $690 million in excess climate auction revenue into the multimodal transportation account so the Department of Transportation can immediately pay for cleanup, repair, replacement, and restoration of roads and bridges damaged by the December 2025 storm, concentrating work on I‑90, state routes 2, 167, and 410 and any other infrastructure the responsible secretary deems needed to restore mobility. That gives DOT large, immediate funding to accelerate contracts and reconstruction and requires the state treasurer to move the money quickly because the bill takes effect right away. The biggest practical tradeoff is that those auction receipts are removed from the climate investment account, meaning less near‑term money will be available for climate programs, the climate commitment and natural climate solutions accounts, and activities like tribal capacity grants that normally compete for those funds. Projects paid from these monies are subject to the bill’s labor standards and an administrative cap, but the text here leaves unclear exactly how the “excess” receipts were calculated, the full contents of emergency proclamation 25‑07, and who is authorized as “the secretary,” which could affect which additional projects qualify.