---
type: "Bill"
title: "Supplemental appropriation, Department of Tourism Revenue"
description: "Supplemental appropriation, Department of Tourism Revenue"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 5693"
citation: "West Virginia HB 5693 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Criss"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 35
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2026-03-09"
last_action: "2026-03-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0185c72b-83e6-4389-91ba-0a86ae27fa38"
source_url: "https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=5693&year=2026&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "5694056de94bde53042410b4992d7973b9c52149ddd51c21fbdf515728459ac1"
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 5693 (2026) — Supplemental appropriation, Department of Tourism Revenue

## Version chain

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

1. **Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb5693%20eng.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=5693)
2. **Enrolled Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb5693%20enr.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=5693)
3. **Originating in Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb5693%20org.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=5693)
4. **hb5693 sfa barrett _1 3-11 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2026/RS/floor_amends/hb5693%20sfa%20barrett%20_1%203-11%20adopted.htm)

## Votes

- Passage — **31–0** (pass) · upper
- EFFECT FROM PASSAGE — **92–3** (pass) · lower
- EFFECT FROM PASSAGE — **91–3** (pass) · lower
- PASSAGE-SENATE AMENDED HB — **92–3** (pass) · lower
- PASSAGE-SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATION — **89–5** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Criss — primary (person)
- Hall — cosponsor (person)
- Mazzocchi — cosponsor (person)
- Riley — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-03-09** Originating in House Finance
- **2026-03-09** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2026-03-09** Do pass
- **2026-03-09** Immediate consideration
- **2026-03-09** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2026-03-10** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2026-03-10** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2026-03-11** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2026-03-11** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2026-03-11** Passed House (Roll No. 407) `passage`
- **2026-03-11** Effective from passage (Roll No. 408)
- **2026-03-11** Ordered to Senate
- **2026-03-11** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2026-03-11** Committee reference dispensed
- **2026-03-11** Immediate consideration
- **2026-03-11** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2026-03-12** On 2nd reading
- **2026-03-12** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2026-03-12** Floor amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2026-03-13** On 3rd reading
- **2026-03-13** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2026-03-13** Passed Senate (Roll No. 587) `passage`
- **2026-03-13** Effective from passage (Roll No. 588)
- **2026-03-13** Senate requests House to concur
- **2026-03-14** House received Senate message
- **2026-03-14** House concurred in Senate amendment and passed bill (Roll No. 663)
- **2026-03-14** Effective from passage (Roll No. 664)
- **2026-03-14** Communicated to Senate
- **2026-03-14** Completed legislative action
- **2026-03-14** House Message received
- **2026-03-14** To Governor 3/18/2026 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2026-03-18** To Governor 3/18/2026 `executive-receipt`
- **2026-03-14** Approved by Governor 3/19/2026 - Senate Journal `executive-signature`
- **2026-03-19** Approved by Governor 3/19/2026 `executive-signature`
- **2026-03-14** Approved by Governor 3/19/2026 - House Journal `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0185c72b-83e6-4389-91ba-0a86ae27fa38`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).