---
type: "Bill"
title: "Supplemental appropriation, Department of Health"
description: "Supplemental appropriation, Department of Health"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 5691"
citation: "West Virginia HB 5691 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Criss"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 29
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2026-03-09"
last_action: "2026-03-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/34ed5348-2cc0-4f7f-9372-c72edde25e5e"
source_url: "https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=5691&year=2026&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "ec9b19e497594b1ed64d0c38c47a85cf0585992a516a74488b192d5d937b5133"
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 5691 (2026) — Supplemental appropriation, Department of Health

## 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=hb5691%20eng.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=5691)
2. **Enrolled Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb5691%20enr.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=5691)
3. **Originating in Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb5691%20org.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=5691)

## Votes

- PASSAGE-SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATION — **88–5** (pass) · lower
- Passage — **30–0** (pass) · upper
- EFFECT FROM PASSAGE — **90–4** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Criss — primary (person)
- Hall — cosponsor (person)
- Mazzocchi — cosponsor (person)
- Riley — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-03-09** Originating in House Finance
- **2026-03-09** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2026-03-09** Do pass
- **2026-03-09** Immediate consideration
- **2026-03-09** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2026-03-10** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2026-03-10** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2026-03-11** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2026-03-11** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2026-03-11** Passed House (Roll No. 403) `passage`
- **2026-03-11** Effective from passage (Roll No. 404)
- **2026-03-11** Ordered to Senate
- **2026-03-11** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2026-03-11** Committee reference dispensed
- **2026-03-11** Immediate consideration
- **2026-03-11** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2026-03-12** On 2nd reading
- **2026-03-12** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2026-03-13** On 3rd reading
- **2026-03-13** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2026-03-13** Passed Senate (Roll No. 583) `passage`
- **2026-03-13** Effective from passage (Roll No. 584)
- **2026-03-13** Communicated to House
- **2026-03-13** 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/34ed5348-2cc0-4f7f-9372-c72edde25e5e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).