---
type: "Bill"
title: "Expiring funds to the balance of the Department of Commerce"
description: "Expiring funds to the balance of the Department of Commerce"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 2897"
citation: "West Virginia HB 2897 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Appropriations", "Governor -- Bills Requested By"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hanshaw"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 36
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2021-03-03"
last_action: "2021-05-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c027de52-4fc8-4577-873c-569c68a1fde7"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=2897&year=2021&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "241220e5d09fc94598bf0b5d24c7723aa59c6df095eee1871a44156db4b0c65b"
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 2897 (2021) — Expiring funds to the balance of the Department of Commerce

## 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=HB2897%20ENR.htm&yr=2021&sesstype=RS&i=2897)
2. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=HB2897%20INTR.htm&yr=2021&sesstype=RS&i=2897)

## 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`
- **2021-03-17** Do pass
- **2021-03-18** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2021-03-18** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2021-03-19** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2021-03-19** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-03-22** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2021-03-22** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-03-22** Passed House (Roll No. 242) `passage`
- **2021-03-22** Effective from passage (Roll No. 243)
- **2021-03-22** Communicated to Senate
- **2021-03-23** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2021-03-23** To Finance `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-23** To Finance `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-25** Reported do pass `committee-passage`
- **2021-03-26** On 1st reading
- **2021-03-26** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2021-03-27** On 2nd reading
- **2021-03-27** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-03-29** On 3rd reading
- **2021-03-29** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-03-29** Passed Senate (Roll No. 233) `passage`
- **2021-03-29** Effective from passage (Roll No. 233)
- **2021-03-29** Communicated to House
- **2021-03-29** Completed legislative action
- **2021-03-30** House received Senate message
- **2021-04-01** To Governor 4/1/21 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2021-04-01** To Governor 4/1/21 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2021-04-01** To Governor 4/1/21 `executive-receipt`
- **2021-04-07** Approved by Governor 4/7/21 - Senate Journal
- **2021-04-08** Approved by Governor 4/7/21 - House Journal
- **2021-04-07** Approved by Governor 4/7/21 `executive-signature`
- **2021-05-20** Chapter 22, 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/c027de52-4fc8-4577-873c-569c68a1fde7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).