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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Relating to authorizing bonds for improvements to the West Virginia Science and Culture Center"
+description: "Relating to authorizing bonds for improvements to the West Virginia Science and Culture Center"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
+legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
+session: "2026"
+identifier: "HB 5685"
+citation: "West Virginia HB 5685 (2026)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Anderson"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 31
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2026-02-27"
+last_action: "2026-04-01"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/04c198ec-cc5e-46bc-a92a-4c2c367cb587"
+source_url: "https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=5685&year=2026&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
+source_hash: "6be2546699844529ecd9c9023ef4779754f37f72de05f708c34a2ca58ab93937"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-wv"]
+---
+
+# West Virginia HB 5685 (2026) — Relating to authorizing bonds for improvements to the West Virginia Science and Culture Center
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb5685%20eng.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=5685)
+2. **Enrolled Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb5685%20enr.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=5685)
+3. **Originating in Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb5685%20org.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=5685)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE — **88–5** (pass) · lower
+- Passage — **33–1** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Anderson — primary (person)
+- Dittman — cosponsor (person)
+- Fehrenbacher — cosponsor (person)
+- Horst — cosponsor (person)
+- Howell, G. — cosponsor (person)
+- Mazzocchi — cosponsor (person)
+- Riley — cosponsor (person)
+- Rohrbach — cosponsor (person)
+- Statler — cosponsor (person)
+- Toney — cosponsor (person)
+- Zatezalo — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2026-02-27** Filed for introduction `filing`
+- **2026-02-27** Introduced in House `introduction`
+- **2026-02-27** Originating in House Finance
+- **2026-02-27** Do pass
+- **2026-03-02** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
+- **2026-03-02** Read 1st time `reading-1`
+- **2026-03-03** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
+- **2026-03-03** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2026-03-04** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
+- **2026-03-04** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2026-03-04** Passed House (Roll No. 339) `passage`
+- **2026-03-04** Communicated to Senate
+- **2026-03-05** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
+- **2026-03-05** To Finance `referral-committee`
+- **2026-03-05** To Finance `referral-committee`
+- **2026-03-10** Reported do pass `committee-passage`
+- **2026-03-10** Immediate consideration
+- **2026-03-10** Read 1st time `reading-1`
+- **2026-03-11** On 2nd reading
+- **2026-03-11** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2026-03-12** On 3rd reading
+- **2026-03-12** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2026-03-12** Passed Senate (Roll No. 518) `passage`
+- **2026-03-12** Communicated to House
+- **2026-03-12** Completed legislative action
+- **2026-03-13** House received Senate message
+- **2026-03-14** To Governor 3/25/2026 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
+- **2026-03-25** To Governor 3/25/26 `executive-receipt`
+- **2026-03-14** Approved by Governor 4/1/2026 - Senate Journal `executive-signature`
+- **2026-03-14** Approved by Governor 4/1/2026 - House Journal `executive-signature`
+- **2026-04-01** Approved by Governor 4/1/2026 `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/04c198ec-cc5e-46bc-a92a-4c2c367cb587`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).
+