---
type: "Bill"
title: "Supplementing and amending the appropriations to Public Defender Services"
description: "Supplementing and amending the appropriations to Public Defender Services"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 2789"
citation: "West Virginia HB 2789 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Appropriations", "Governor -- Bills Requested By"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hanshaw"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 36
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2021-02-26"
last_action: "2021-05-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9b82b8c0-2fff-4812-9aae-be095229717b"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=2789&year=2021&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "7a096a69c9a4c910537ad0f9acb4cb1eb83ee42dbd9b24e08710765f29eef639"
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 HB 2789 (2021) — Supplementing and amending the appropriations to Public Defender Services

## 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=HB2789%20SUB.htm&yr=2021&sesstype=RS&i=2789)
2. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=HB2789%20SUB%20ENR.htm&yr=2021&sesstype=RS&i=2789)
3. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=HB2789%20INTR.htm&yr=2021&sesstype=RS&i=2789)

## Votes

- Passage — **0–0** (fail) · upper

## Sponsors

- Hanshaw — primary (person)
- Skaff — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-26** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2021-02-26** To Finance `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-26** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2021-02-26** To House Finance `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-09** By substitute, do pass
- **2021-03-10** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2021-03-10** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2021-03-11** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2021-03-11** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-03-12** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2021-03-12** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-03-12** Passed House (Roll No. 144) `passage`
- **2021-03-12** Effective from passage (Roll No. 145)
- **2021-03-12** Communicated to Senate
- **2021-03-15** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2021-03-15** To Finance `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-15** To Finance `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-17** Reported do pass `committee-passage`
- **2021-03-18** On 1st reading
- **2021-03-18** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2021-03-19** On 2nd reading
- **2021-03-19** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-03-22** On 3rd reading
- **2021-03-22** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-03-22** Passed Senate (Roll No. 164) `passage`
- **2021-03-22** Effective from passage (Roll No. 164)
- **2021-03-22** Communicated to House
- **2021-03-22** Completed legislative action
- **2021-03-23** House received Senate message
- **2021-03-26** To Governor 3/26/21 `executive-receipt`
- **2021-03-26** To Governor 3/26/21 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2021-03-27** To Governor 3/26/21 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2021-04-02** Approved by Governor 4/1/21 - Senate Journal
- **2021-04-01** Approved by Governor 4/1/21 `executive-signature`
- **2021-04-05** Approved by Governor 4/1/21 - House Journal
- **2021-05-20** Chapter 15, Acts, Regular Session, 2021

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9b82b8c0-2fff-4812-9aae-be095229717b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).