---
type: "Bill"
title: "Supplemental appropriation for Civil Contingent Fund, fund 0105"
description: "Supplemental appropriation for Civil Contingent Fund, fund 0105"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SB 781"
citation: "West Virginia SB 781 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education (Higher)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Barrett"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 42
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2026-02-05"
last_action: "2026-06-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5903fbe5-f853-4c38-99be-77f0d2c19177"
source_url: "https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=781&year=2026&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "7dbf0a202d48840d6ffc1dc4b92db62ecaf6f45b7ef4dabcd56bf71a38f329d4"
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 781 (2026) — Supplemental appropriation for Civil Contingent Fund, fund 0105

## 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=sb781%20enr.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=781)
2. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb781%20intr.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=781)
3. **sb781 h fin am _1 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2026/RS/com_amends/sb781%20h%20fin%20am%20_1%20adopted.htm)
4. **sb781 h fin amt adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2026/RS/com_amends/sb781%20h%20fin%20amt%20adopted.htm)

## Votes

- PASSAGE-SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATION — **82–14** (pass) · lower
- Passage — **32–0** (pass) · upper
- EFFECT FROM PASSAGE — **86–10** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Barrett — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-02-05** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2026-02-05** To Finance `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-05** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2026-02-05** To Finance `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-10** Reported do pass `committee-passage`
- **2026-02-11** On 1st reading
- **2026-02-11** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2026-02-12** On 2nd reading
- **2026-02-12** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2026-02-13** On 3rd reading
- **2026-02-13** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2026-02-13** Passed Senate (Roll No. 83) `passage`
- **2026-02-13** Effective from passage (Roll No. 84)
- **2026-02-13** Ordered to House
- **2026-02-16** House received Senate message
- **2026-02-16** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2026-02-16** To Finance `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-16** To House Finance `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-05** With amendment, do pass `committee-passage`
- **2026-03-05** Immediate consideration
- **2026-03-05** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2026-03-06** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2026-03-06** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2026-03-06** Amendment reported by the Clerk
- **2026-03-06** Committee amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2026-03-09** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2026-03-09** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2026-03-09** Passed House (Roll No. 369) `passage`
- **2026-03-09** Title amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2026-03-09** Effective from passage (Roll No. 370)
- **2026-03-09** Communicated to Senate
- **2026-03-10** House Message received
- **2026-03-10** Senate concurred in House amendments and passed bill (Roll No. 386)
- **2026-03-10** Effective from passage (Roll No. 387)
- **2026-03-10** Communicated to House
- **2026-03-10** Completed legislative action
- **2026-03-10** House received Senate message
- **2026-03-11** To Governor 3/11/2026 `executive-receipt`
- **2026-03-19** Approved by Governor 3/19/2026 `executive-signature`
- **2026-03-14** Approved by Governor 3/19/2026 - Senate Journal `executive-signature`
- **2026-03-14** Approved by Governor 3/19/2026 - House Journal `executive-signature`
- **2026-06-24** Chapter 9, 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/5903fbe5-f853-4c38-99be-77f0d2c19177`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).