---
type: "Bill"
title: "Supplementing and amending the appropriations of public moneys to the Department of Veterans’ Assistance"
description: "Supplementing and amending the appropriations of public moneys to the Department of Veterans’ Assistance"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 2895"
citation: "West Virginia HB 2895 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Appropriations", "Governor -- Bills Requested By"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hanshaw"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 35
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2021-03-03"
last_action: "2021-05-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/65695ab0-07a1-4d19-b28c-b4dbc632b7d7"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=2895&year=2021&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "46c438ba3017e3e6c8da5aac0c1d4be8aa04caf1546d8c34fe605da7091f8b85"
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 2895 (2021) — Supplementing and amending the appropriations of public moneys to the 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=HB2895%20ENR.htm&yr=2021&sesstype=RS&i=2895)
2. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=HB2895%20INTR.htm&yr=2021&sesstype=RS&i=2895)

## Votes

- Passage — **0–0** (fail) · upper

## Sponsors

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

## Timeline

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

- **2021-03-03** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2021-03-03** To Finance `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-03** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2021-03-03** To House Finance `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-01** Do pass
- **2021-04-02** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2021-04-02** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2021-04-05** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2021-04-05** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-04-06** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2021-04-06** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-04-06** Passed House (Roll No. 474) `passage`
- **2021-04-06** Effective from passage (Roll No. 475)
- **2021-04-06** Communicated to Senate
- **2021-04-07** House Message received
- **2021-04-07** Immediate consideration
- **2021-04-07** Committee reference dispensed
- **2021-04-08** On 1st reading
- **2021-04-08** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2021-04-09** On 2nd reading
- **2021-04-09** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-04-10** On 3rd reading
- **2021-04-10** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-04-10** Passed Senate (Roll No. 447) `passage`
- **2021-04-10** Effective from passage (Roll No. 447)
- **2021-04-10** Communicated to House
- **2021-04-10** Completed legislative action
- **2021-04-10** House received Senate message
- **2021-04-10** To Governor 4/14/21 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2021-04-10** To Governor 4/14/21 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2021-04-14** To Governor 4/14/21 `executive-receipt`
- **2021-04-10** Approved by Governor 4/15/21 - Senate Journal
- **2021-04-10** Approved by Governor 4/15/21 - House Journal
- **2021-04-15** Approved by Governor 4/15/21 `executive-signature`
- **2021-05-20** Chapter 20, 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/65695ab0-07a1-4d19-b28c-b4dbc632b7d7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).