---
type: "Bill"
title: "Expiring funds from Treasurer’s Office, Unclaimed Property Fund"
description: "Expiring funds from Treasurer’s Office, Unclaimed Property Fund"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "20242S"
identifier: "SB 2038"
citation: "West Virginia SB 2038 (20242S)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Appropriations", "Governor -- Bills Requested By"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Blair"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 31
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2024-10-07"
last_action: "2024-10-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c253bf27-37f7-4bc6-a0e1-9e091c24d0bb"
source_url: "https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=2038&year=2024&sessiontype=2X&btype=bill"
source_hash: "72fb9dc55bcb0a9236981da4732e11f3027957e381a7a247cfe21f9e0f0534d2"
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 2038 (20242S) — Expiring funds from Treasurer’s Office, Unclaimed Property Fund

## 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=sb2038%20enr.htm&yr=2024&sesstype=2X&i=2038)
2. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb2038%20intr.htm&yr=2024&sesstype=2X&i=2038)

## Votes

- SUSPEND CONSTITUTIONAL RULE — **87–8** (pass) · lower
- EFFECT FROM PASSAGE — **95–0** (pass) · lower
- Passage — **31–0** (pass) · upper
- PASSAGE-SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATION — **91–5** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

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

## Timeline

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

- **2024-10-07** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2024-10-07** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2024-10-07** Committee reference dispensed
- **2024-10-07** Immediate consideration
- **2024-10-07** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2024-10-07** Constitutional Rule Suspended (Roll No. 45)
- **2024-10-07** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2024-10-07** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2024-10-07** Passed Senate (Roll No. 46) `passage`
- **2024-10-07** Effective from passage (Roll No. 46)
- **2024-10-07** Ordered to House
- **2024-10-08** House received Senate message
- **2024-10-08** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2024-10-08** Immediate consideration
- **2024-10-08** Reference dispensed
- **2024-10-08** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2024-10-08** Dispensed with Constitutional Rule (Roll No. 927)
- **2024-10-08** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2024-10-08** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2024-10-08** Passed House (Roll No. 928) `passage`
- **2024-10-08** Effective from passage (Roll No. 929)
- **2024-10-08** Communicated to Senate
- **2024-10-08** Completed legislative action
- **2024-10-08** House Message received
- **2024-10-09** To Governor 10/09/2024 `executive-receipt`
- **2024-10-08** To Governor 10/09/2024 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2024-10-08** To Governor 10/9/2024 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2024-10-10** Approved by Governor 10/10/2024 `executive-signature`
- **2024-10-08** Approved by Governor 10/10/2024 - Senate Journal `executive-signature`
- **2024-10-08** Approved by Governor 10/10/2024 - House Journal `executive-signature`
- **2024-10-29** Chapter 29, Acts, 2nd Extraordinary Session, 2024 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c253bf27-37f7-4bc6-a0e1-9e091c24d0bb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).