WEST virginia legislature

2026 regular session

Enrolled

Senate Bill 788

By Senators Smith (Mr. President) and Woelfel

(By Request of the Executive)

[Passed March 13, 2026; in effect from passage]

AN ACT supplementing and amending the appropriations of public moneys out of the Treasury from the balance of moneys remaining as an unappropriated surplus balance in the State Fund, General Revenue, to the Department of Commerce, WorkForce West Virginia, fund 0572, fiscal year 2026, organization 0323, by supplementing and amending the appropriations for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2026, by adding a new item of appropriation.

WHEREAS, The Governor submitted the Executive Budget Document to the Legislature on January 14, 2026, containing a statement of the State Fund, General Revenue, setting forth therein the cash balance as of July 1, 2025, and further included the estimate of revenue for the fiscal year 2026, less net appropriation balances forwarded and regular and surplus appropriations for the fiscal year 2026, and further included recommended expirations to the unappropriated surplus balance of the State Fund, General Revenue; and

WHEREAS, It appears from the Governor’s Statement of the State Fund, General Revenue, there now remains an unappropriated surplus balance in the Treasury which is available for appropriation during the fiscal year ending June 30, 2026; therefore

Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:

That the total appropriation for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2026, to fund 0572, fiscal year 2026, organization 0323, be supplemented and amended adding a new item of appropriation as follows:

Title II – Appropriations.

Section 1. Appropriations from general revenue.

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

41 - WorkForce West Virginia

(W.V. Code Chapter 21A)

Fund 0572 FY 2026 Org 0323

       General

Appro- Revenue

priation Fund

3a Current Expenses – Surplus 13099 2,000,000

The Clerk of the Senate and the Clerk of the House of Delegates hereby certify that the foregoing bill is correctly enrolled.

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Clerk of the Senate

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Clerk of the House of Delegates

Originated in the Senate.

In effect from passage.

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President of the Senate

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Speaker of the House of Delegates

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The within is ................................................ this the...........................................

Day of ..........................................................................................................., 2026.

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Governor