---
type: "Bill"
title: "Expiring funds to Department of Education, Vocational Consolidated Accounts Fund from State Department of Education"
description: "Expiring funds to Department of Education, Vocational Consolidated Accounts Fund from State Department of Education"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "20231S"
identifier: "SB 1042"
citation: "West Virginia SB 1042 (20231S)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Appropriations", "Governor -- Bills Requested By"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Blair"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 31
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2023-08-06"
last_action: "2023-08-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/84553817-5493-4671-a2b3-0e3f323f25e3"
source_url: "https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=1042&year=2023&sessiontype=1X&btype=bill"
source_hash: "b644f2f4058d3df185275995ebffa324477de2e9eb1a53316b02c1a68976e356"
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 1042 (20231S) — Expiring funds to Department of Education, Vocational Consolidated Accounts Fund from State Department of Education

## 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=sb1042%20enr.htm&yr=2023&sesstype=1X&i=1042)
2. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb1042%20intr.htm&yr=2023&sesstype=1X&i=1042)

## Votes

- Passage — **31–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

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

## Timeline

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

- **2023-08-06** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2023-08-06** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2023-08-06** Committee reference dispensed
- **2023-08-06** Immediate consideration
- **2023-08-06** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2023-08-07** On 2nd reading
- **2023-08-07** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-08-07** Constitutional Rule Suspended (Roll No. 59)
- **2023-08-07** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-08-07** Passed Senate (Roll No. 60) `passage`
- **2023-08-07** Effective from passage (Roll No. 60)
- **2023-08-07** Ordered to House
- **2023-08-08** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2023-08-08** Reference dispensed
- **2023-08-08** Immediate consideration
- **2023-08-08** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2023-08-08** Dispensed with Constitutional Rule (Roll No. 893)
- **2023-08-08** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-08-08** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-08-08** Passed House (Roll No. 894) `passage`
- **2023-08-08** Effective from passage (Roll No. 895)
- **2023-08-08** Communicated to Senate
- **2023-08-08** Completed legislative action
- **2023-08-08** House Message received
- **2023-08-09** To Governor 8/9/23 `executive-receipt`
- **2023-08-08** To Governor 8/9/23 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2023-08-08** To Governor 8/9/23 - House 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`
- **2023-08-29** Chapter 24, 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/84553817-5493-4671-a2b3-0e3f323f25e3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).