---
type: "Bill"
title: "Supplemental appropriation of money out of General Revenue Fund to DHHR"
description: "Supplemental appropriation of money out of General Revenue Fund to DHHR"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2020"
identifier: "SB 803"
citation: "West Virginia SB 803 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Appropriations", "Governor -- Bills Requested By"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Carmichael"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 36
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2020-02-17"
last_action: "2020-04-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0fe22103-7193-4aac-87c4-11706422b4da"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=803&year=2020&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "09da5a5c42a75e2798849e922d5d84a17d40fc562f2dcbec3e8fbc92b885dfdc"
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 803 (2020) — Supplemental appropriation of money out of General Revenue Fund to DHHR

## 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=SB803%20ENR.htm&yr=2020&sesstype=RS&i=803)
2. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB803%20INTR.htm&yr=2020&sesstype=RS&i=803)

## Votes

- SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATION — **91–6** (pass) · lower
- Passage — **33–0** (pass) · upper
- EFFECT FROM PASSAGE — **90–7** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Carmichael — primary (person)
- Prezioso — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-02-17** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2020-02-17** To Finance `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-17** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2020-02-17** To Finance `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-19** Reported do pass `committee-passage`
- **2020-02-20** On 1st reading
- **2020-02-20** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2020-02-21** On 2nd reading
- **2020-02-21** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2020-02-24** On 3rd reading
- **2020-02-24** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2020-02-24** Passed Senate (Roll No. 243) `passage`
- **2020-02-24** Effective from passage (Roll No. 243)
- **2020-02-24** Ordered to House
- **2020-02-25** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2020-02-25** To Finance `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-25** To House Finance `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-28** Do pass
- **2020-02-29** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2020-02-29** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2020-03-02** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2020-03-02** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2020-03-03** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2020-03-03** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2020-03-03** Passed House (Roll No. 459) `passage`
- **2020-03-03** Effective from passage (Roll No. 460)
- **2020-03-03** Communicated to Senate
- **2020-03-03** Completed legislative action
- **2020-03-04** House Message received
- **2020-03-07** To Governor 3/11/20 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2020-03-11** To Governor 3/11/20 `executive-receipt`
- **2020-03-07** To Governor 3/11/20 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2020-03-12** Approved by Governor 3/12/20 `executive-signature`
- **2020-03-07** Approved by Governor 3/12/20 - Senate Journal
- **2020-03-07** Approved by Governor 3/12/20 - House Journal
- **2020-04-14** Chapter 21, Acts, Regular Session, 2020

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0fe22103-7193-4aac-87c4-11706422b4da`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).