---
type: "Bill"
title: "Supplemental appropriation expiring funds in State Excess Lottery Revenue to Department of Veterans' Assistance"
description: "Supplemental appropriation expiring funds in State Excess Lottery Revenue to Department of Veterans' Assistance"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2020"
identifier: "SB 779"
citation: "West Virginia SB 779 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Blair"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 36
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2020-02-13"
last_action: "2020-04-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7a8763aa-d382-47d3-9ff6-7ab7f03fc16f"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=779&year=2020&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "d4c9bd8c1c3979b6f0b1dba857326f716507266713e0645b56c562a16c2411a6"
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 779 (2020) — Supplemental appropriation expiring funds in State Excess Lottery Revenue to Department of Veterans' Assistance

## 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=SB779%20ENR.htm&yr=2020&sesstype=RS&i=779)
2. **Originating in Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB779%20ORG.htm&yr=2020&sesstype=RS&i=779)

## Votes

- SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATION — **95–3** (pass) · lower
- EFFECT FROM PASSAGE — **97–1** (pass) · lower
- Passage — **34–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Blair — primary (person)
- Boley — cosponsor (person)
- Hamilton — cosponsor (person)
- Ihlenfeld — cosponsor (person)
- Mann — cosponsor (person)
- Maroney — cosponsor (person)
- Palumbo — cosponsor (person)
- Plymale — cosponsor (person)
- Prezioso — cosponsor (person)
- Roberts — cosponsor (person)
- Stollings — cosponsor (person)
- Swope — cosponsor (person)
- Sypolt — cosponsor (person)
- Tarr — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-02-13** Originating in Senate Finance
- **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. 172) `passage`
- **2020-02-18** Effective from passage (Roll No. 172)
- **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. 409) `passage`
- **2020-02-28** Effective from passage (Roll No. 410)
- **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
- **2020-04-15** Chapter 19, 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/7a8763aa-d382-47d3-9ff6-7ab7f03fc16f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).