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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Supplemental Appropriation to Department of Health, fund 5144"
+description: "Supplemental Appropriation to Department of Health, fund 5144"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
+legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
+session: "2026"
+identifier: "SB 843"
+citation: "West Virginia SB 843 (2026)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Governor -- Bills Requested By"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Smith"]
+version_count: 2
+action_count: 36
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2026-02-09"
+last_action: "2026-06-25"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b5273875-9cfd-4a84-98c3-16c16c53a5d1"
+source_url: "https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=843&year=2026&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
+source_hash: "0a254afe6abc59940c4addb9f156dc20f82f95430cd409b8a31c9af43d50d43a"
+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 SB 843 (2026) — Supplemental Appropriation to Department of Health, fund 5144
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Enrolled Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb843%20enr.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=843)
+2. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb843%20intr.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=843)
+
+## Votes
+
+- PASSAGE-SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATION — **89–3** (pass) · lower
+- Passage — **31–0** (pass) · upper
+- EFFECT FROM PASSAGE — **89–3** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Smith — primary (person)
+- Woelfel — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2026-02-09** Filed for introduction `filing`
+- **2026-02-09** To Finance `referral-committee`
+- **2026-02-09** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
+- **2026-02-09** To Finance `referral-committee`
+- **2026-02-13** Reported do pass `committee-passage`
+- **2026-02-16** On 1st reading
+- **2026-02-16** Read 1st time `reading-1`
+- **2026-02-17** On 2nd reading
+- **2026-02-17** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2026-02-18** On 3rd reading
+- **2026-02-18** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2026-02-18** Passed Senate (Roll No. 139) `passage`
+- **2026-02-18** Effective from passage (Roll No. 140)
+- **2026-02-18** Ordered to House
+- **2026-02-19** House received Senate message
+- **2026-02-19** Introduced in House `introduction`
+- **2026-02-19** To Finance `referral-committee`
+- **2026-02-19** To House Finance `referral-committee`
+- **2026-03-09** Do pass
+- **2026-03-10** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
+- **2026-03-10** Read 1st time `reading-1`
+- **2026-03-11** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
+- **2026-03-11** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2026-03-12** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
+- **2026-03-12** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2026-03-12** Passed House (Roll No. 467) `passage`
+- **2026-03-12** Effective from passage (Roll No. 468)
+- **2026-03-12** Communicated to Senate
+- **2026-03-12** Completed legislative action
+- **2026-03-13** House Message received
+- **2026-03-17** To Governor 3/17/2026 `executive-receipt`
+- **2026-03-14** To Governor 3/17/2026 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
+- **2026-03-19** Approved by Governor 3/19/2026 `executive-signature`
+- **2026-03-14** Approved by Governor 3/19/2026 - Senate Journal `executive-signature`
+- **2026-03-14** Approved by Governor 3/19/2026 - House Journal `executive-signature`
+- **2026-06-25** Chapter 31, Acts, Regular Session, 2026 `became-law`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b5273875-9cfd-4a84-98c3-16c16c53a5d1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).
+