---
type: "Bill"
title: "Supplemental Appropriation to Department of Human Services, fund 8722"
description: "Supplemental Appropriation to Department of Human Services, fund 8722"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SB 844"
citation: "West Virginia SB 844 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Governor -- Bills Requested By"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Smith"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 33
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2026-02-09"
last_action: "2026-06-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c1d1bc04-6a51-4aa0-a528-28ba7722980b"
source_url: "https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=844&year=2026&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "59f0a05d5fd4485edb6f2dad042f865b463b2f911b0737ee0fc5fea198befa3e"
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 844 (2026) — Supplemental Appropriation to Department of Human Services, fund 8722

## 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=sb844%20enr.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=844)
2. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb844%20intr.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=844)

## Votes

- EFFECT FROM PASSAGE — **90–0** (pass) · lower
- Passage — **34–0** (pass) · upper
- PASSAGE-SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATION — **91–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

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

## Timeline

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

- **2026-02-09** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2026-02-09** To Finance `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-09** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2026-02-09** To Finance `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-06** Reported do pass `committee-passage`
- **2026-03-06** Immediate consideration
- **2026-03-06** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2026-03-09** On 2nd reading
- **2026-03-09** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2026-03-10** On 3rd reading
- **2026-03-10** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2026-03-10** Passed Senate (Roll No. 388) `passage`
- **2026-03-10** Effective from passage (Roll No. 389)
- **2026-03-10** Ordered to House
- **2026-03-11** House received Senate message
- **2026-03-11** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2026-03-11** Immediate consideration
- **2026-03-11** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2026-03-12** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2026-03-12** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2026-03-13** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2026-03-13** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2026-03-13** Passed House (Roll No. 580) `passage`
- **2026-03-13** Effective from passage (Roll No. 581)
- **2026-03-13** Communicated to Senate
- **2026-03-13** Completed legislative action
- **2026-03-14** House Message received
- **2026-03-17** To Governor 3/17/2026 `executive-receipt`
- **2026-03-14** To Governor 3/17/2026 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2026-03-19** Approved by Governor 3/19/2026 `executive-signature`
- **2026-03-14** Approved by Governor 3/19/2026 - Senate Journal `executive-signature`
- **2026-03-14** Approved by Governor 3/19/2026 - House Journal `executive-signature`
- **2026-06-25** Chapter 32, Acts, Regular Session, 2026 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c1d1bc04-6a51-4aa0-a528-28ba7722980b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).