WEST virginia legislature

2026 regular session

Enrolled

Senate Bill 871

By Senators Smith (Mr. President) and Woelfel
(By Request of the Executive)

[Passed March 12, 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, Excess Lottery Fund, by adding a new item of appropriation to the State Board of Education, fund 3517, fiscal year 2026, organization 0402, 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 Excess Lottery Revenue Fund, 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

WHEREAS, It appears from the Governor’s Statement of the State Excess Lottery Revenue Fund, there now remains an unappropriated surplus balance in the State 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 3517, fiscal year 2026, organization 0402, be supplemented and amended by adding a new item of appropriation as follows:

Title II – Appropriations.

Sec. 5. Appropriations from state excess lottery revenue fund.

357A – Department of Education

(W.V. Code Chapters 18 and 18A)

Fund 3517 FY 2026 Org 0402

Excess

Appro- Lottery

priation Funds

1 Hope Scholarship Program – Lottery Surplus 30498 $ 12,664,710

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