---
type: "Bill"
title: "Supplemental Appropriation to the Department of Health Facilities-Welch Community Hospital, William R. Sharpe Jr. Hospital, and Mildred Mitchell-Bateman Hospital from the Unappropriated Surplus Balance"
description: "Supplemental Appropriation to the Department of Health Facilities-Welch Community Hospital, William R. Sharpe Jr. Hospital, and Mildred Mitchell-Bateman Hospital from the Unappropriated Surplus Balance"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 5277"
citation: "West Virginia HB 5277 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Governor -- Bills Requested By"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hanshaw"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 31
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2026-02-06"
last_action: "2026-06-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6a41b6bf-8902-40eb-9eec-8ad94e590fa3"
source_url: "https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=5277&year=2026&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "8fbab91f5a84e5e27809ce9fbb579c9ad19613e20c60c1229fd58271b79628cb"
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 5277 (2026) — Supplemental Appropriation to the Department of Health Facilities-Welch Community Hospital, William R. Sharpe Jr. Hospital, and Mildred Mitchell-Bateman Hospital from the Unappropriated Surplus Balance

## Version chain

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

1. **Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb5277%20eng.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=5277)
2. **Enrolled Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb5277%20enr.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=5277)
3. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb5277%20intr.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=5277)

## Votes

- Passage — **34–0** (pass) · upper
- PASSAGE-SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATION — **93–0** (pass) · lower
- EFFECT FROM PASSAGE — **94–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

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

## Timeline

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

- **2026-02-06** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2026-02-06** To Finance `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-06** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2026-02-06** To House Finance `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-10** Do pass
- **2026-03-10** Immediate consideration
- **2026-03-10** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2026-03-11** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2026-03-11** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2026-03-12** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2026-03-12** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2026-03-12** Passed House (Roll No. 483) `passage`
- **2026-03-12** Effective from passage (Roll No. 484)
- **2026-03-12** Ordered to Senate
- **2026-03-14** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2026-03-14** Committee reference dispensed
- **2026-03-14** Immediate consideration
- **2026-03-14** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2026-03-14** Constitutional Rule Suspended (Roll No. 607)
- **2026-03-14** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2026-03-14** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2026-03-14** Passed Senate (Roll No. 608) `passage`
- **2026-03-14** Effective from passage (Roll No. 609)
- **2026-03-14** Communicated to House
- **2026-03-14** Completed legislative action
- **2026-03-14** To Governor 3/18/2026 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2026-03-18** To Governor 3/18/2026 `executive-receipt`
- **2026-03-14** Approved by Governor 3/19/2026 - Senate Journal `executive-signature`
- **2026-03-19** Approved by Governor 3/19/2026 `executive-signature`
- **2026-03-14** Approved by Governor 3/19/2026 - House Journal `executive-signature`
- **2026-06-26** Chapter 41, Acts, Regular Session, 2026 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6a41b6bf-8902-40eb-9eec-8ad94e590fa3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).