---
type: "Bill"
title: "Budget Bill"
description: "Budget Bill"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 2026"
citation: "West Virginia HB 2026 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hanshaw"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 62
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2025-02-12"
last_action: "2025-07-31"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a230de8e-3462-4471-999a-2a669addb871"
source_url: "https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=2026&year=2025&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "a0f628f88b3003fd1f2f8d4a86d382a732f7a0d5387c94f67dcbc6d9758773dd"
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 2026 (2025) — Budget Bill

## Version chain

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

1. **Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb2026%20sub1.htm&yr=2025&sesstype=RS&i=2026)
2. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb2026%20sub1%20enr.htm&yr=2025&sesstype=RS&i=2026)
3. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=hb2026%20intr.htm&yr=2025&sesstype=RS&i=2026)
4. **hb2026 hfa criss _1 4-10 rev 2 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2025/RS/floor_amends/hb2026%20hfa%20criss%20_1%204-10%20rev%202%20adopted.htm)
5. **hb2026 hfa hite 4-4 _2 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2025/RS/floor_amends/hb2026%20hfa%20hite%204-4%20_2%20adopted.htm)
6. **hb2026 hfa statler 4-3 _2 adopted adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2025/RS/floor_amends/hb2026%20hfa%20statler%204-3%20_2%20adopted%20adopted.htm)
7. **hb2026 hfa statler 4-3 _2 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2025/RS/floor_amends/hb2026%20hfa%20statler%204-3%20_2%20adopted.htm)
8. **hb2026 sfa barrett _1 4-8 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/legisdocs/chamber/2025/RS/floor_amends/hb2026%20sfa%20barrett%20_1%204-8%20adopted.htm)

## Votes

- Passage — **34–0** (pass) · upper
- BUDGET BILL — **80–17** (pass) · lower
- HFA HORNBUCKLE 4-3 #1 — **19–75** (fail) · lower
- EFFECT FROM PASSAGE — **89–8** (pass) · lower
- EFFECT FROM PASSAGE — **88–8** (pass) · lower
- BUDGET BILL — **78–18** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

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

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-12** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2025-02-12** To Finance `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-12** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2025-02-12** To House Finance `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-01** By substitute, do pass
- **2025-04-02** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2025-04-02** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2025-04-03** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2025-04-04** On 3rd reading with right to amend, Special Calendar
- **2025-04-04** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2025-04-04** Amendment reported by the Clerk
- **2025-04-04** Amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2025-04-04** Amendment reported by the Clerk
- **2025-04-04** Amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2025-04-04** Amendment reported by the Clerk
- **2025-04-04** Amendment rejected (Voice vote) `amendment-failure`
- **2025-04-04** Amendment reported by the Clerk
- **2025-04-04** Amendment rejected (Roll No. 384) `amendment-failure`
- **2025-04-04** Amendment reported by the Clerk
- **2025-04-04** Amendment rejected (Voice vote) `amendment-failure`
- **2025-04-04** Amendment reported by the Clerk
- **2025-04-04** Amendment rejected (Voice vote) `amendment-failure`
- **2025-04-04** Amendment reported by the Clerk
- **2025-04-04** Amendment rejected (Voice vote) `amendment-failure`
- **2025-04-04** Amendment reported by the Clerk
- **2025-04-04** Amendment rejected (Voice vote) `amendment-failure`
- **2025-04-04** Amendment reported by the Clerk
- **2025-04-04** Amendment rejected (Voice vote) `amendment-failure`
- **2025-04-04** Amendment reported by the Clerk
- **2025-04-04** Amendment rejected (Voice vote) `amendment-failure`
- **2025-04-04** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-04-04** Passed House (Roll No. 385) `passage`
- **2025-04-05** Effective from passage (Roll No. 386)
- **2025-04-04** Communicated to Senate
- **2025-04-07** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2025-04-07** Committee reference dispensed
- **2025-04-07** Immediate consideration
- **2025-04-07** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2025-04-08** On 2nd reading
- **2025-04-08** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2025-04-09** On 3rd reading with right to amend
- **2025-04-09** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-04-09** Floor amendment to include the provisions of S.B.300 adopted (voice vote)
- **2025-04-09** Passed Senate (Roll No. 389) `passage`
- **2025-04-09** Effective from passage (Roll No. 390)
- **2025-04-09** Senate requests House to concur
- **2025-04-10** House received Senate message
- **2025-04-10** House concurred in Senate amend with amend, passed bill (Roll No. 495)
- **2025-04-11** Effective from passage (Roll No. 496)
- **2025-04-10** Communicated to Senate
- **2025-04-11** House Message received
- **2025-04-11** Senate concurred in House amendments and passed bill (Roll No. 517)
- **2025-04-11** Effective from passage (Roll No. 518)
- **2025-04-11** Communicated to House
- **2025-04-11** Completed legislative action
- **2025-04-15** To Governor 4/15/2025 `executive-receipt`
- **2025-04-12** To Governor 4/15/2025 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2025-04-12** To Governor 4/15/2025 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2025-04-12** Approved by Governor with deletions and reductions 4/17/2025 - Senate Journal
- **2025-04-12** Approved by Governor with deletions and reductions 4/17/2025
- **2025-04-12** Approved by Governor with deletions and reductions4/17/2025 - House Journal
- **2025-07-31** Chapter 37, Acts, Regular Session, 2025 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a230de8e-3462-4471-999a-2a669addb871`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).