--- type: "Bill" title: "Supplemental Appropriation to the Department of Commerce - Division of Natural Resources from the Unappropriated Surplus Balance." description: "Supplemental Appropriation to the Department of Commerce - Division of Natural Resources from the Unappropriated Surplus Balance." jurisdiction: "us/states/wv" legislature: "West Virginia Legislature" session: "2026" identifier: "HB 5317" citation: "West Virginia HB 5317 (2026)" classification: ["bill"] subjects: ["Governor -- Bills Requested By"] status: "enacted" primary_sponsors: ["Hanshaw"] version_count: 4 action_count: 30 vote_count: 3 first_action: "2026-02-06" last_action: "2026-03-19" source: "openstates" source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cfb70ae6-4703-4fc6-80ff-3e5999fc9543" source_url: "https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=5317&year=2026&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill" source_hash: "3668cb5df18632325834e7a12bd99f4ccc977f558a71c71f6dfb44f5100db8ac" 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 5317 (2026) — Supplemental Appropriation to the Department of Commerce - Division of Natural Resources from the Unappropriated Surplus Balance. ## 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=hb5317%20sub1.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=5317) 2. **Engrossed Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb5317%20sub1%20eng.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=5317) 3. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb5317%20sub1%20enr.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=5317) 4. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb5317%20intr.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=5317) ## Votes - PASSAGE-SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATION — **92–1** (pass) · lower - EFFECT FROM PASSAGE — **91–1** (pass) · lower - Passage — **34–0** (pass) · upper ## 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** By substitute, 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. 491) `passage` - **2026-03-12** Effective from passage (Roll No. 492) - **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. 616) - **2026-03-14** Read 2nd time `reading-2` - **2026-03-14** Read 3rd time `reading-3` - **2026-03-14** Passed Senate (Roll No. 617) `passage` - **2026-03-14** Effective from passage (Roll No. 618) - **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/cfb70ae6-4703-4fc6-80ff-3e5999fc9543`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).