---
type: "Bill"
title: "Supplementing, amending, and increasing appropriations of public moneys for claims against state"
description: "Supplementing, amending, and increasing appropriations of public moneys for claims against state"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2020"
identifier: "SB 573"
citation: "West Virginia SB 573 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Appropriations", "Governor -- Bills Requested By"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Carmichael"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 34
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2020-01-21"
last_action: "2020-04-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/790f32f1-3f46-4a4e-938f-f1cdfc99ce83"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=573&year=2020&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "aa1f280f1fd8303dc9cef47089dda044851c2e7dddac6f02663bb01a82050b96"
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 573 (2020) — Supplementing, amending, and increasing appropriations of public moneys for claims against state

## Version chain

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

1. **Enrolled Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB573%20enr.htm&yr=2020&sesstype=RS&i=573)
2. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB573%20INTR.htm&yr=2020&sesstype=RS&i=573)

## Votes

- EFFECT FROM PASSAGE — **97–0** (pass) · lower
- SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATION — **97–0** (pass) · lower
- Passage — **32–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

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

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-21** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2020-01-21** To Finance `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-21** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2020-01-21** To Finance `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-05** Reported do pass `committee-passage`
- **2020-02-06** On 1st reading
- **2020-02-06** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2020-02-07** On 2nd reading
- **2020-02-07** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2020-02-10** On 3rd reading
- **2020-02-10** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2020-02-10** Passed Senate (Roll No. 93) `passage`
- **2020-02-10** Effective from passage (Roll No. 93)
- **2020-02-10** Ordered to House
- **2020-02-11** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2020-02-11** To Finance `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-11** To House Finance `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-18** Do pass
- **2020-02-19** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2020-02-19** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2020-02-20** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2020-02-20** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2020-02-21** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2020-02-21** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2020-02-21** Passed House (Roll No. 267) `passage`
- **2020-02-21** Effective from passage (Roll No. 268)
- **2020-02-21** Communicated to Senate
- **2020-02-21** Completed legislative action
- **2020-02-24** House Message received
- **2020-02-28** To Governor 2/28/20 `executive-receipt`
- **2020-02-28** To Governor 2/28/20 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2020-03-05** Approved by Governor 3/5/20 `executive-signature`
- **2020-03-06** Approved by Governor 3/5/20 - House Journal
- **2020-04-14** Chapter 16, Acts, Regular Session, 2020

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/790f32f1-3f46-4a4e-938f-f1cdfc99ce83`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).