---
type: "Bill"
title: "Supplementing and amending appropriations to Higher Education Policy Commission, Fairmont State University"
description: "Supplementing and amending appropriations to Higher Education Policy Commission, Fairmont State University"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 650"
citation: "West Virginia SB 650 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Governor -- Bills Requested By"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Blair"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 35
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2024-02-05"
last_action: "2024-04-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/00512973-c59e-480b-bf84-4f9866d44412"
source_url: "https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=650&year=2024&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "b91c4f14cf4feb70afdb0987e3b0882255af4b160f9b36e901c7ab9f9c0914e0"
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 650 (2024) — Supplementing and amending appropriations to Higher Education Policy Commission, Fairmont State University

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Enrolled Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb650%20enr.htm&yr=2024&sesstype=RS&i=650)
2. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb650%20intr.htm&yr=2024&sesstype=RS&i=650)

## Votes

- Passage — **32–0** (pass) · upper
- EFFECT FROM PASSAGE — **95–0** (pass) · lower
- PASSAGE-SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATION — **94–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Blair — primary (person)
- Woelfel — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-02-05** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2024-02-05** To Finance `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-05** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2024-02-05** To Finance `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-22** Reported do pass `committee-passage`
- **2024-02-22** Immediate consideration
- **2024-02-22** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2024-02-23** On 2nd reading
- **2024-02-23** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2024-02-24** On 3rd reading
- **2024-02-24** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2024-02-24** Passed Senate (Roll No. 239) `passage`
- **2024-02-24** Effective from passage (Roll No. 239)
- **2024-02-24** Ordered to House
- **2024-02-26** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2024-02-26** To House Finance `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-29** Do pass
- **2024-03-01** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2024-03-01** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2024-03-04** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2024-03-04** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2024-03-05** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2024-03-05** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2024-03-05** Passed House (Roll No. 467) `passage`
- **2024-03-05** Effective from passage (Roll No. 468)
- **2024-03-05** Communicated to Senate
- **2024-03-05** Completed legislative action
- **2024-03-06** House Message received
- **2024-03-12** To Governor 3/12/2024 `executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-09** To Governor 3/12/2024 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-09** To Governor 3/12/2024 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-14** Approved by Governor 3/14/2024 `executive-signature`
- **2024-03-09** Approved by Governor 3/14/2024 - Senate Journal `executive-signature`
- **2024-03-09** Approved by Governor 3/14/2024 - House Journal `executive-signature`
- **2024-04-23** Chapter 15, Acts, Regular Session, 2024 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/00512973-c59e-480b-bf84-4f9866d44412`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).