WEST VIRGINIA LEGISLATURE
2026 REGULAR SESSION
Enrolled
Senate Bill 840
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 balance in the State Fund, General Revenue, to the Department of Human Services, Division of Human Services, fund 0403, fiscal year 2026, organization 0511, by increasing the appropriations for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2026.
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 supplemental appropriations from the 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 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 0403, fiscal year 2026, organization 0511, be supplemented and amended by increasing existing items of appropriations as follows:
DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES
81 - Division of Human Services
(W.V. Code Chapters 9, 48, and 49)
Fund 0403 FY 2026 Org 0511
General
Appro- Revenue
priation Fund
23 CHIP Administrative Costs 85601 422,562
24 CHIP Services 85602 449,429
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