---
type: "Bill"
title: "Decreasing and increasing appropriations from Treasury to Higher Education Policy Commission"
description: "Decreasing and increasing appropriations from Treasury to Higher Education Policy Commission"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2018"
identifier: "SB 386"
citation: "West Virginia SB 386 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Governor -- Bills Requested By"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Carmichael"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 34
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2018-01-25"
last_action: "2018-04-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/dc4fb3f9-3785-4233-a206-0c8b2a3eb825"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=386&year=2018&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "6b1b308e0b5f4d7b20bcbac5cfc2df189e1e16877fd8f8987dd3e559c69ae696"
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 386 (2018) — Decreasing and increasing appropriations from Treasury to Higher Education Policy Commission

## Version chain

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

1. **Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB386%20SUB1.htm&yr=2018&sesstype=RS&i=386)
2. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB386%20SUB1%20ENR.htm&yr=2018&sesstype=RS&i=386)
3. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB386%20INTR.htm&yr=2018&sesstype=RS&i=386)

## Votes

- EFFECT FROM PASSAGE — **96–0** (pass) · legislature
- Passage — **33–0** (pass) · legislature
- SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATION — **96–0** (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`
- **2018-01-30** Committee substitute reported
- **2018-01-31** On 1st reading
- **2018-01-31** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2018-02-01** On 2nd reading
- **2018-02-01** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2018-02-02** On 3rd reading
- **2018-02-02** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2018-02-02** Passed Senate (Roll No. 61) `passage`
- **2018-02-02** Effective from passage (Roll No. 61)
- **2018-02-02** 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. 136) `passage`
- **2018-02-16** Effective from passage (Roll No. 137)
- **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 17, 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/dc4fb3f9-3785-4233-a206-0c8b2a3eb825`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).