WEST virginia legislature

2026 REGULAR session

Introduced

Senate Bill 843

By Senators Smith (Mr. President) and Woelfel

[By Request of the Executive]

[Introduced February 9, 2026; referred

to the Committee on Finance]

A BILL making a supplementary appropriation of public moneys out of the Treasury from the balance of moneys remaining unappropriated for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2026, to the Department of Health, The Vital Statistics Account, fund 5144, fiscal year 2026, organization 0506, by supplementing and amending the appropriations for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2026.

WHEREAS, The Governor has established that there now remains an unappropriated balance in the Department of Health, The Vital Statistics Account, fund 5144, fiscal year 2026, organization 0506, that is available for expenditure during the fiscal year ending June 30, 2026, which is hereby appropriated by the terms of this supplementary appropriation bill; therefore

Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:

That the total appropriation for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2026, to fund 5144, fiscal year 2026, organization 0506, be supplemented and amended by increasing an existing item of appropriation as follows:

Title II – Appropriations.

Sec. 3. Appropriations from other funds.

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH

250 - Department of Health –

   The Vital Statistics Account

(W.V. Code Chapter 16)

Fund 5144 FY 2026 Org 0506

Appro- Other

priation Funds

1 Personal Services and Employee Benefits 00100 $ 330,000

NOTE: The purpose of this supplemental appropriation bill is to increase an existing item of appropriation in the aforesaid account for the designated spending unit for expenditure during the fiscal year 2026.