---
type: "Bill"
title: "Supplemental Appropriation to the Department of Agriculture-West Virginia Spay Neuter Assistance Fund from Special Revenue"
description: "Supplemental Appropriation to the Department of Agriculture-West Virginia Spay Neuter Assistance Fund from Special Revenue"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 5288"
citation: "West Virginia HB 5288 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Governor -- Bills Requested By"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hanshaw"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 30
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2026-02-06"
last_action: "2026-03-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d8903fe3-9e9b-46a1-97e2-02b41a7dc07a"
source_url: "https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=5288&year=2026&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "d27852cab35d20f32991e8f0692bdde7fcd73ff20e8ab40dc35066e95e721973"
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 5288 (2026) — Supplemental Appropriation to the Department of Agriculture-West Virginia Spay Neuter Assistance Fund from Special Revenue

## 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=hb5288%20eng.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=5288)
2. **Enrolled Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb5288%20enr.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=5288)
3. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb5288%20intr.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=5288)

## Votes

- EFFECT FROM PASSAGE — **90–3** (pass) · lower
- Passage — **34–0** (pass) · upper
- PASSAGE-SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATION — **91–2** (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`
- **2026-03-09** Do pass
- **2026-03-10** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **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. 487) `passage`
- **2026-03-12** Effective from passage (Roll No. 488)
- **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. 610)
- **2026-03-14** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2026-03-14** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2026-03-14** Passed Senate (Roll No. 611) `passage`
- **2026-03-14** Effective from passage (Roll No. 612)
- **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`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d8903fe3-9e9b-46a1-97e2-02b41a7dc07a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).