---
type: "Bill"
title: "Making a supplemental appropriation to the Department of Economic Development"
description: "Making a supplemental appropriation to the Department of Economic Development"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 2882"
citation: "West Virginia HB 2882 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Governor -- Bills Requested By"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hanshaw"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 46
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2023-01-20"
last_action: "2023-05-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0c91f497-5237-4b87-ac89-49bfc3e967f7"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=2882&year=2023&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "042542ec6f2de044336844e29b835c0214ad5cc8ba2d8d5dc9ca2ce360248e4d"
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 2882 (2023) — Making a supplemental appropriation to the Department of Economic Development

## 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=hb2882%20enr.htm&yr=2023&sesstype=RS&i=2882)
2. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb2882%20intr.htm&yr=2023&sesstype=RS&i=2882)

## Votes

- Passage — **22–12** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Hanshaw — primary (person)
- Skaff — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-20** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2023-01-20** To Finance `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-20** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2023-01-20** To House Finance `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-07** Do pass
- **2023-02-08** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2023-02-08** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2023-02-09** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2023-02-09** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-02-09** Motion to suspend rules rejected (Roll No. 105)
- **2023-02-09** Amendment rejected (Roll No. 106) `amendment-failure`
- **2023-02-09** Amendment rejected (Roll No. 107) `amendment-failure`
- **2023-02-09** Amendment reported by the Clerk
- **2023-02-09** Amendment withdrawn
- **2023-02-09** Division of question rejected (Roll No. 108)
- **2023-02-10** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2023-02-10** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-02-10** Motion to suspend rules rejected (Roll No. 114)
- **2023-02-10** Passed House (Roll No. 115) `passage`
- **2023-02-10** Effective from passage (Roll No. 116)
- **2023-02-10** Communicated to Senate
- **2023-02-13** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2023-02-13** Committee reference dispensed
- **2023-02-13** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2023-02-14** On 2nd reading
- **2023-02-14** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-02-15** On 3rd reading with right to amend
- **2023-02-15** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-02-15** Phillips floor amendment reported
- **2023-02-15** Smith amendment to amendment rejected (Voice vote)
- **2023-02-15** Smith amendment #2 to amendment rejected (Voice vote)
- **2023-02-15** Phillips floor amendment rejected (Roll No. 187)
- **2023-02-15** Passed Senate (Roll No. 188) `passage`
- **2023-02-15** Effective from passage (Roll No. 189)
- **2023-02-15** Senate reconsidered and passed bill (Roll No. 191)
- **2023-02-15** Effective from passage (Roll No. 192)
- **2023-02-15** Communicated to House
- **2023-02-15** Completed legislative action
- **2023-02-16** House received Senate message
- **2023-02-20** To Governor 2/20/2023 `executive-receipt`
- **2023-02-21** To Governor 2/20/2023 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2023-02-20** To Governor 2/20/2023 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2023-02-24** Approved by Governor 2/24/2023 `executive-signature`
- **2023-02-25** Approved by Governor 2/24/2023 - House Journal `executive-signature`
- **2023-02-25** Approved by Governor 2/24/2023 - Senate Journal `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-01** Chapter 9, 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/0c91f497-5237-4b87-ac89-49bfc3e967f7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).