---
type: "Bill"
title: "Making a supplementary appropriation to the Department of Education, State Board of Education – State Department of Education"
description: "Making a supplementary appropriation to the Department of Education, State Board of Education – State Department of Education"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 2940"
citation: "West Virginia HB 2940 (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: "2021-03-05"
last_action: "2021-05-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1e3a5e6e-8ae7-4d7f-b9ba-96d02fd9cfb3"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=2940&year=2021&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "0544f999b668274c8eac70fe17835bb3d60f086854d6d168669e5fc8fe8bf89d"
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 2940 (2021) — Making a supplementary appropriation to the Department of Education, State Board of Education – State Department of Education

## 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=HB2940%20ENR.htm&yr=2021&sesstype=RS&i=2940)
2. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=HB2940%20INTR.htm&yr=2021&sesstype=RS&i=2940)

## Votes

- Passage — **0–0** (fail) · upper

## Sponsors

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

## Timeline

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

- **2021-03-05** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2021-03-05** To Finance `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-05** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2021-03-05** To House Finance `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-15** Do pass
- **2021-03-16** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2021-03-16** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2021-03-17** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2021-03-17** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-03-18** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2021-03-18** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-03-18** Passed House (Roll No. 201) `passage`
- **2021-03-18** Effective from passage (Roll No. 202)
- **2021-03-18** Communicated to Senate
- **2021-03-19** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2021-03-19** To Finance `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-19** To Finance `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-23** Reported do pass `committee-passage`
- **2021-03-24** On 1st reading
- **2021-03-24** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2021-03-25** On 2nd reading
- **2021-03-25** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-03-26** On 3rd reading
- **2021-03-26** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-03-26** Passed Senate (Roll No. 211) `passage`
- **2021-03-26** Effective from passage (Roll No. 211)
- **2021-03-26** Communicated to House
- **2021-03-26** Completed legislative action
- **2021-03-26** 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 `executive-signature`
- **2021-04-07** Approved by Governor 4/7/21 - Senate Journal
- **2021-04-08** Approved by Governor 4/7/21 - House Journal
- **2021-05-20** Chapter 29, 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/1e3a5e6e-8ae7-4d7f-b9ba-96d02fd9cfb3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).