---
type: "Bill"
title: "Budget Bill"
description: "Budget Bill"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SB 250"
citation: "West Virginia SB 250 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Appropriations", "Governor -- Bills Requested By"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Smith"]
version_count: 11
action_count: 63
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2026-01-14"
last_action: "2026-06-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6e4923bd-b0be-4f30-b8ff-b52cee9991be"
source_url: "https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=250&year=2026&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "68341c23ed51ee998394d1aa6668c91c69759bf4f2d569dbbc6c10ce93f654bf"
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 SB 250 (2026) — Budget Bill

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment adopted (Roll No. 177)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/2026/RS/votes/house/00177.pdf)
2. **Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb250%20sub1.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=250)
3. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb250%20sub1%20enr.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=250)
4. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb250%20intr.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=250)
5. **sb250 hfa criss _1 2-25 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2026/RS/floor_amends/sb250%20hfa%20criss%20_1%202-25%20adopted.htm)
6. **sb250 hfa funkhouser 2-24 _1 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2026/RS/floor_amends/sb250%20hfa%20funkhouser%202-24%20_1%20adopted.htm)
7. **sb250 hfa hite 2-23 _1 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2026/RS/floor_amends/sb250%20hfa%20hite%202-23%20_1%20adopted.htm)
8. **sb250 hfa hornbuckle, et al. 2-24 _1 reformed 2 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2026/RS/floor_amends/sb250%20hfa%20hornbuckle,%20et%20al.%202-24%20_1%20reformed%202%20adopted.htm)
9. **sb250 hfa linville 2-23 _1 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2026/RS/floor_amends/sb250%20hfa%20linville%202-23%20_1%20adopted.htm)
10. **sb250 hfa riley _ hott 2-23 _1 revised adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2026/RS/floor_amends/sb250%20hfa%20riley%20_%20hott%202-23%20_1%20revised%20adopted.htm)
11. **sb250 sfa barrett 3-5 _1 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2026/RS/floor_amends/sb250%20sfa%20barrett%203-5%20_1%20adopted.htm)

## Votes

- HFA CRISS #1 2-25 — **81–15** (pass) · lower
- BUDGET BILL — **83–14** (pass) · lower
- EFFECT FROM PASSAGE — **87–10** (pass) · lower
- Passage — **28–4** (pass) · upper
- EFFECT FROM PASSAGE — **78–5** (pass) · lower
- BUDGET BILL — **68–15** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Smith — primary (person)
- Woelfel — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-14** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2026-01-14** To Finance `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-17** Committee substitute reported
- **2026-02-18** On 1st reading
- **2026-02-18** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2026-02-19** On 2nd reading
- **2026-02-19** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2026-02-20** On 3rd reading
- **2026-02-20** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2026-02-20** Passed Senate (Roll No. 161) `passage`
- **2026-02-20** Effective from passage (Roll No. 162)
- **2026-02-20** Ordered to House
- **2026-02-23** House received Senate message
- **2026-02-23** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2026-02-23** Reference dispensed
- **2026-02-23** Immediate consideration
- **2026-02-23** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2026-02-24** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2026-02-24** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2026-02-25** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2026-02-24** Amendments pending
- **2026-02-25** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2026-02-25** Amendment reported by the Clerk
- **2026-02-25** Amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2026-02-25** Amendment reported by the Clerk
- **2026-02-25** Amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2026-02-25** Amendment reported by the Clerk
- **2026-02-25** Amendment rejected (Voice vote) `amendment-failure`
- **2026-02-25** Amendment reported by the Clerk
- **2026-02-25** Amendment rejected (Voice vote) `amendment-failure`
- **2026-02-25** Amendment reported by the Clerk
- **2026-02-25** Amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2026-02-25** Amendment reported by the Clerk
- **2026-02-25** Amendment rejected (Voice vote) `amendment-failure`
- **2026-02-25** Amendment reported by the Clerk
- **2026-02-25** Amendment rejected (Voice vote) `amendment-failure`
- **2026-02-25** Amendment reported by the Clerk
- **2026-02-25** Amendment withdrawn (Voice vote)
- **2026-02-25** Amendment reported by the Clerk
- **2026-02-25** Amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2026-02-25** Amendment reported by the Clerk
- **2026-02-25** Amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2026-02-25** Amendment adopted (Roll No. 177)
- **2026-02-25** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2026-02-25** Passed House (Roll No. 178) `passage`
- **2026-02-25** Effective from passage (Roll No. 179)
- **2026-02-25** Communicated to Senate
- **2026-03-05** House Message received
- **2026-03-05** House amendment reported
- **2026-03-05** Senate amended House amendment and passed bill (Roll No. 358)
- **2026-03-05** Effective from passage (Roll No. 359)
- **2026-03-05** Senate requests House to concur
- **2026-03-05** House received Senate message
- **2026-03-05** House concurred in Senate amendment and passed bill (Roll No. 354)
- **2026-03-05** Effective from passage (Roll No. 355)
- **2026-03-05** Communicated to Senate
- **2026-03-05** Completed legislative action
- **2026-03-06** House Message received
- **2026-03-06** To Governor 3/6/2026 `executive-receipt`
- **2026-03-12** Approved by Governor with deletions and reductions 3/12/2026
- **2026-03-14** Approved by Governor with deletions and reductions 3/12/2026 - Senate Journal
- **2026-03-13** Approved by Governor with deletions 3/12/2026- House Journal
- **2026-06-24** Chapter 7, 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/6e4923bd-b0be-4f30-b8ff-b52cee9991be`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).