---
type: "Bill"
title: "Supplemental appropriation to various Department of Education accounts"
description: "Supplemental appropriation to various Department of Education accounts"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2020"
identifier: "SB 725"
citation: "West Virginia SB 725 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Governor -- Bills Requested By"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Carmichael"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 39
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2020-02-06"
last_action: "2020-04-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/db4f27c0-e8dd-41ef-bf6c-87b7fe76aae7"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=725&year=2020&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "309d3d922960509570727450b2472b353d7437852ff5cdb4a6d69d55b58d8683"
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 725 (2020) — Supplemental appropriation to various Department of Education accounts

## 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=SB725%20ENR.htm&yr=2020&sesstype=RS&i=725)
2. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB725%20INTR.htm&yr=2020&sesstype=RS&i=725)

## Votes

- Passage — **34–0** (pass) · upper
- SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATION — **98–1** (pass) · lower
- EFFECT FROM PASSAGE — **97–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

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

## Timeline

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

- **2020-02-06** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2020-02-06** To Finance `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-06** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2020-02-06** To Finance `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-13** Reported do pass `committee-passage`
- **2020-02-14** On 1st reading
- **2020-02-14** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2020-02-17** On 2nd reading
- **2020-02-17** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2020-02-18** On 3rd reading
- **2020-02-18** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2020-02-18** Passed Senate (Roll No. 170) `passage`
- **2020-02-18** Effective from passage (Roll No. 170)
- **2020-02-18** Ordered to House
- **2020-02-19** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2020-02-19** To Finance `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-19** To House Finance `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-21** Do pass
- **2020-02-24** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2020-02-24** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2020-02-25** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2020-02-25** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2020-02-26** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2020-02-27** From Special Calendar, 3rd reading, placed on House Calendar
- **2020-02-28** On 3rd reading, House Calendar
- **2020-02-28** From House Calendar, 3rd reading, placed on Special Calendar
- **2020-02-28** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2020-02-28** Passed House (Roll No. 405) `passage`
- **2020-02-28** Effective from passage (Roll No. 406)
- **2020-02-28** Communicated to Senate
- **2020-02-28** Completed legislative action
- **2020-02-29** House Message received
- **2020-03-10** To Governor 3/10/20 `executive-receipt`
- **2020-03-07** To Governor 3/10/20 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2020-03-07** To Governor 3/10/20 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2020-03-12** Approved by Governor 3/12/20 `executive-signature`
- **2020-03-07** Approved by Governor 3/12/20 - Senate Journal
- **2020-03-07** Approved by Governor 3/12/20 - House Journal
- **2020-04-14** Chapter 17, 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/db4f27c0-e8dd-41ef-bf6c-87b7fe76aae7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).