---
type: "Bill"
title: "Expiring funds to the unappropriated surplus balance in the State Fund, General Revenue, from the balance of moneys remaining as an unappropriated balance in Lottery Net Profits"
description: "Expiring funds to the unappropriated surplus balance in the State Fund, General Revenue, from the balance of moneys remaining as an unappropriated balance in Lottery Net Profits"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 2906"
citation: "West Virginia HB 2906 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Governor -- Bills Requested By"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hanshaw"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 39
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2023-01-23"
last_action: "2023-05-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d122779e-33e0-45ea-8490-c7915671b4d3"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=2906&year=2023&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "8afc0273b0790f7d53cbf71e6a9bd6d92d7b57103cf4a02fd61ad4d29d64a45a"
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 2906 (2023) — Expiring funds to the unappropriated surplus balance in the State Fund, General Revenue, from the balance of moneys remaining as an unappropriated balance in Lottery Net Profits

## 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=hb2906%20enr.htm&yr=2023&sesstype=RS&i=2906)
2. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb2906%20intr.htm&yr=2023&sesstype=RS&i=2906)

## Votes

- Passage — **32–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

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

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-23** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2023-01-23** To Finance `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-23** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2023-01-23** To House Finance `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-20** Do pass
- **2023-02-21** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2023-02-21** Placed on House Calendar
- **2023-02-25** On 1st reading, House Calendar
- **2023-02-25** From Housel Calendar, 1st reading, placed on Special Calendar
- **2023-02-25** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2023-02-27** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2023-02-27** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-02-28** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2023-02-28** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-02-28** Passed House (Roll No. 325) `passage`
- **2023-02-28** Effective from passage (Roll No. 326)
- **2023-02-28** Communicated to Senate
- **2023-03-01** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2023-03-01** To Finance `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-01** To Finance `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-02** Reported do pass `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-03** On 1st reading
- **2023-03-03** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2023-03-06** On 2nd reading
- **2023-03-06** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-03-07** On 3rd reading
- **2023-03-07** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-03-07** Passed Senate (Roll No. 406) `passage`
- **2023-03-07** Effective from passage (Roll No. 406)
- **2023-03-07** Communicated to House
- **2023-03-07** Completed legislative action
- **2023-03-08** House received Senate message
- **2023-03-11** To Governor 3/15/2023 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-15** To Governor 3/15/2023 `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-11** To Governor 3/15/2023 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-11** Approved by Governor 3/16/2023 - Senate Journal `executive-signature`
- **2023-03-11** Approved by Governor 3/16/2023 - House Journal `executive-signature`
- **2023-03-16** Approved by Governor 3/16/2023 `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-01** Chapter 12, 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/d122779e-33e0-45ea-8490-c7915671b4d3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).