---
type: "Bill"
title: "Supplementing and amending the appropriations to Higher Education Policy Marshall University"
description: "Supplementing and amending the appropriations to Higher Education Policy Marshall University"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "20231S"
identifier: "HB 117"
citation: "West Virginia HB 117 (20231S)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Governor -- Bills Requested By"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hanshaw"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 38
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2023-08-06"
last_action: "2023-08-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/164f049e-6f88-4262-ac83-46fdef0c821d"
source_url: "https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=117&year=2023&sessiontype=1X&btype=bill"
source_hash: "a2ab181f2e7adda6efc215e4b821c27b9cb954dc34441c009d1afa7d38028cbc"
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 117 (20231S) — Supplementing and amending the appropriations to Higher Education Policy Marshall University

## 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=hb117%20enr.htm&yr=2023&sesstype=1X&i=117)
2. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb117%20intr.htm&yr=2023&sesstype=1X&i=117)

## Votes

- Passage — **28–3** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Hanshaw — primary (person)
- Skaff — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-08-06** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2023-08-06** To Finance `referral-committee`
- **2023-08-06** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2023-08-06** Immediate consideration
- **2023-08-06** Read bill a 1st time (Roll No. 806)
- **2023-08-06** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2023-08-06** Committed to Finance on 2nd reading
- **2023-08-06** To House Finance `referral-committee`
- **2023-08-07** Do pass
- **2023-08-07** Immediate consideration
- **2023-08-07** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-08-08** On 3rd reading with right to amend, Special Calendar
- **2023-08-08** Amendment reported by the Clerk
- **2023-08-08** Amendment ruled not germane
- **2023-08-08** Amendment reported by the Clerk
- **2023-08-08** Amendment ruled not germane
- **2023-08-08** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-08-08** Passed House (Roll No. 899) `passage`
- **2023-08-08** Effective from passage (Roll No. 900)
- **2023-08-08** Communicated to Senate
- **2023-08-08** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2023-08-08** Committee reference dispensed
- **2023-08-08** Immediate consideration
- **2023-08-08** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2023-08-08** Constitutional Rule Suspended (Roll No. 94)
- **2023-08-08** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-08-08** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-08-08** Passed Senate (Roll No. 95) `passage`
- **2023-08-08** Effective from passage (Roll No. 95)
- **2023-08-08** Communicated to House
- **2023-08-08** Completed legislative action
- **2023-08-10** To Governor 8/10/23 `executive-receipt`
- **2023-08-08** To Governor 8/10/23 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2023-08-08** To Governor 8/10/23 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2023-08-14** Approved by Governor 8/14/23 `executive-signature`
- **2023-08-08** Approved by Governor 8/14/23 - House Journal `executive-signature`
- **2023-08-08** Approved by Governor 8/14/23 - Senate Journal `executive-signature`
- **2023-08-28** Chapter 4, Acts, 1st Extraordinary Session, 2023 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/164f049e-6f88-4262-ac83-46fdef0c821d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).