---
type: "Bill"
title: "Decreasing and increasing appropriations from State Fund, General Revenue to DHHR"
description: "Decreasing and increasing appropriations from State Fund, General Revenue to DHHR"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2018"
identifier: "SB 384"
citation: "West Virginia SB 384 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Governor -- Bills Requested By"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Carmichael"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 37
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2018-01-25"
last_action: "2018-04-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7df21609-5dd7-4d47-b566-ae9896613971"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=384&year=2018&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "02a97e69c904c0de4b799610393191b5f47813e02dc9fc68b5dfb5db32e9bf47"
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 384 (2018) — Decreasing and increasing appropriations from State Fund, General Revenue to DHHR

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB384%20ENG.htm&yr=2018&sesstype=RS&i=384)
2. **Enrolled Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB384%20ENR.htm&yr=2018&sesstype=RS&i=384)
3. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB384%20INTR.htm&yr=2018&sesstype=RS&i=384)

## Votes

- SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATION — **81–15** (pass) · legislature
- EFFECT FROM PASSAGE — **95–1** (pass) · legislature
- Passage — **23–11** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Carmichael — primary (person)
- Prezioso — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2018-01-25** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2018-01-25** To Finance `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-25** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2018-01-25** To Finance `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-26** Reported do pass `committee-passage`
- **2018-01-29** On 1st reading
- **2018-01-29** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2018-01-30** On 2nd reading
- **2018-01-30** Laid over on 2nd reading 1/30/18
- **2018-01-31** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2018-01-31** Floor amendments rejected (Roll No. 44)
- **2018-02-01** On 3rd reading with right to amend
- **2018-02-01** Floor amendments adopted (Roll No. 48)
- **2018-02-01** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2018-02-01** Passed Senate with amended title (Roll No. 49) `passage`
- **2018-02-01** Effective from passage (Roll No. 49)
- **2018-02-01** Ordered to House
- **2018-02-05** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2018-02-05** To Finance `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-05** To House Finance `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-13** Do pass
- **2018-02-14** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2018-02-14** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2018-02-15** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2018-02-15** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2018-02-16** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2018-02-16** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2018-02-16** Passed House (Roll No. 132) `passage`
- **2018-02-16** Effective from passage (Roll No. 133)
- **2018-02-16** Communicated to Senate
- **2018-02-16** Completed legislative action
- **2018-02-19** House Message received
- **2018-02-21** To Governor 2/21/18 `executive-receipt`
- **2018-02-22** To Governor 2/21/18 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2018-02-27** Approved by Governor 2/27/18 `executive-signature`
- **2018-02-28** Approved by Governor 2/27/18 - House Journal
- **2018-04-23** Chapter 15, Acts, Regular Session, 2018

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7df21609-5dd7-4d47-b566-ae9896613971`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).