---
type: "Bill"
title: "To modify the funding distribution to the state park endowment fund and the State Parks Operational Fund"
description: "To modify the funding distribution to the state park endowment fund and the State Parks Operational Fund"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 4126"
citation: "West Virginia HB 4126 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Natural Resources"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Riley"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 42
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2026-01-14"
last_action: "2026-03-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ded22b96-7239-4911-b1e7-29887045d759"
source_url: "https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=4126&year=2026&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "fb034e8952ba915f50c3d8d9d475ebd9623ccc110bfe85dbf60da8852fa3b33b"
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 4126 (2026) — To modify the funding distribution to the state park endowment fund and the State Parks Operational Fund

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb4126%20sub1.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=4126)
2. **Engrossed Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb4126%20sub1%20eng.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=4126)
3. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb4126%20sub1%20enr.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=4126)
4. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb4126%20intr.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=4126)
5. **hb4126 s fin am _1 3-3 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2026/RS/com_amends/hb4126%20s%20fin%20am%20_1%203-3%20adopted.htm)

## Votes

- EFFECT Jul 01, 2026 — **93–0** (pass) · lower
- PASSAGE-SENATE AMENDED HB — **93–0** (pass) · lower
- EFFECT Jul 01, 2026 — **93–0** (pass) · lower
- PASSAGE — **92–0** (pass) · lower
- Passage — **34–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Riley — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-14** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2026-01-14** To Finance `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-14** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2026-01-14** To House Finance `referral-committee`
- **2026-01-29** To House Revenue `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-05** To House Finance `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-23** By substitute, do pass
- **2026-02-24** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2026-02-24** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2026-02-25** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2026-02-25** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2026-02-26** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2026-02-26** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2026-02-26** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2026-02-26** Passed House (Roll No. 197) `passage`
- **2026-02-26** Effective July 1, 2026 (Roll No. 198)
- **2026-02-26** Communicated to Senate
- **2026-02-27** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2026-02-27** To Finance `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-27** To Finance `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-04** Reported do pass, with amendment `committee-passage`
- **2026-03-05** On 1st reading
- **2026-03-05** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2026-03-06** On 2nd reading
- **2026-03-06** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2026-03-06** Committee amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2026-03-09** On 3rd reading
- **2026-03-09** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2026-03-09** Passed Senate (Roll No. 371) `passage`
- **2026-03-09** Effective July 1, 2026 (Roll No. 372)
- **2026-03-09** Senate requests House to concur
- **2026-03-10** House received Senate message
- **2026-03-10** House concurred in Senate amendment and passed bill (Roll No. 376)
- **2026-03-10** Effective July 1, 2026 (Roll No. 377)
- **2026-03-10** Communicated to Senate
- **2026-03-10** Completed legislative action
- **2026-03-11** House Message received
- **2026-03-11** To Governor 3/11/2026 `executive-receipt`
- **2026-03-11** To Governor 3/11/2026 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2026-03-14** Approved by Governor 3/17/2026 - Senate Journal `executive-signature`
- **2026-03-14** Approved by Governor 3/17/2026 `executive-signature`
- **2026-03-14** Approved by Governor 3/17/2026 - House Journal `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ded22b96-7239-4911-b1e7-29887045d759`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).