---
type: "Bill"
title: "Supplemental appropriation to Department of Education, fund 0313."
description: "Supplemental appropriation to Department of Education, fund 0313."
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 5694"
citation: "West Virginia HB 5694 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["McGeehan"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 26
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2026-03-14"
last_action: "2026-03-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2eaddb75-043a-4bfa-8aa1-d73c413c399c"
source_url: "https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=5694&year=2026&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "fd9c9de85c60e057b8d558e41cc8fa34426054e7cb465a2e3a00e92cfb7e7a62"
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 5694 (2026) — Supplemental appropriation to Department of Education, fund 0313.

## Version chain

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

1. **Enrolled Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb5694%20enr.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=5694)
2. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb5694%20intr.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=5694)

## Votes

- PASSAGE-SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATION — **97–0** (pass) · lower
- Passage — **34–0** (pass) · upper
- SUSPEND CONSTITUTIONAL RULE — **94–3** (pass) · lower
- EFFECT FROM PASSAGE — **96–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- McGeehan — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-03-14** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2026-03-14** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2026-03-14** Reference dispensed
- **2026-03-14** Immediate consideration
- **2026-03-14** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2026-03-14** Constitutional Rule Suspended (Roll No. 590)
- **2026-03-14** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2026-03-14** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2026-03-14** Passed House (Roll No. 591) `passage`
- **2026-03-14** Effective from passage (Roll No. 592)
- **2026-03-14** 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. 619)
- **2026-03-14** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2026-03-14** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2026-03-14** Passed Senate (Roll No. 620) `passage`
- **2026-03-14** Effective from passage (Roll No. 621)
- **2026-03-14** Communicated to House
- **2026-03-14** Completed legislative action
- **2026-03-14** To Governor 3/14/2026 - 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/2eaddb75-043a-4bfa-8aa1-d73c413c399c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).