---
type: "Bill"
title: "Adding appropriations to DHHR, Division of Human Services"
description: "Adding appropriations to DHHR, Division of Human Services"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "SB 678"
citation: "West Virginia SB 678 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Appropriations"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Trump"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 36
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2023-02-17"
last_action: "2023-05-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3874135b-259b-441b-bee8-d9b607c2701b"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=678&year=2023&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "4d313b191c5791b6183750ec59f082fbe229250268cc1e5ad43495f97bb2b776"
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 678 (2023) — Adding appropriations to DHHR, Division of Human Services

## 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=sb678%20enr.htm&yr=2023&sesstype=RS&i=678)
2. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb678%20intr.htm&yr=2023&sesstype=RS&i=678)

## Votes

- Passage — **34–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Trump — primary (person)
- Barrett — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-17** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2023-02-17** To Finance `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-17** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2023-02-17** To Finance `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-21** Reported do pass `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-22** On 1st reading
- **2023-02-22** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2023-02-23** On 2nd reading
- **2023-02-23** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-02-24** On 3rd reading
- **2023-02-24** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-02-24** Passed Senate (Roll No. 267) `passage`
- **2023-02-24** Effective from passage (Roll No. 267)
- **2023-02-24** Ordered to House
- **2023-02-24** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2023-02-24** To Finance `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-24** To House Finance `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-08** Do pass
- **2023-03-08** Immediate consideration
- **2023-03-08** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2023-03-09** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2023-03-09** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-03-10** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2023-03-10** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-03-10** Passed House (Roll No. 701) `passage`
- **2023-03-10** Effective from passage (Roll No. 702)
- **2023-03-10** Communicated to Senate
- **2023-03-10** Completed legislative action
- **2023-03-11** House Message received
- **2023-03-15** To Governor 3/15/2023 `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-11** To Governor 3/15/2023 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-11** To Governor 3/15/2023 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-16** Approved by Governor 3/16/2023 `executive-signature`
- **2023-03-11** Approved by Governor 3/16/2023 - Senate Journal `executive-signature`
- **2023-03-11** Approved by Governor 3/16/2023 - House Journal `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-01** Chapter 7, Acts, Regular Session, 2023 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3874135b-259b-441b-bee8-d9b607c2701b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).