WEST virginia legislature

2026 regular session

Originating

House Bill 5682

By Delegates Criss and Riley

[Originating in the Committee on Finance, February 19, 2026]

A BILL expiring funds to the unappropriated surplus balance in the State Fund, General Revenue, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2026 in the amount of $37,000,000 from the Governor’s Office – Civil Contingent Fund, fund 0105, fiscal year 2023, organization 0100, appropriation 85700; in the amount of $35,000,000 from the Governor’s Office – Civil Contingent Fund, fund 0105, fiscal year 2017, organization 0100, appropriation 26300 and making a supplementary appropriation 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 Higher Education Policy Commission – Administration – Control Account, fund 0589, fiscal year 2026, organization 0441, by supplementing and amending 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 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 balance of the funds available for expenditure in the fiscal year ending June 30, 2026, the Governor’s Office – Civil Contingent Fund, fund 0105, fiscal year 2023, organization 0100, appropriation 85700, be decreased by expiring the amount of $37,000,000; the Governor’s Office – Civil Contingent Fund, fund 0105, fiscal year 2017, organization 0100, appropriation 26300, be decreased by expiring the amount of $35,000,000 to the unappropriated surplus balance of the State Fund, General Revenue to be available for appropriation during the fiscal year ending June 30, 2026.

And, That the total appropriation for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2026, to fund 0589, fiscal year 2026, organization 0441, be supplemented and amended by adding a new item of appropriation as follows:

Title II – Appropriations.

Section 1. Appropriations from general revenue.

Higher education policy commission

139 – Higher Education Policy Commission –

Administration –

Control Account

(W.V. Code Chapter 18B and 18C)

Fund 0589 FY 2026 Org 0441

General

Appro- Revenue

priation Fund

5a Current Expenses – Surplus 13099 72,000,000

From the above appropriation for Current Expenses – Surplus (fund 0589, appropriation 13099), $30,000,000 shall be used for Marshall University School of Medicine, $5,000,000 shall be used for West Virginia University Dental School, $32,000,000 shall be used for West Virginia University School of Medicine, and $5,000,000 shall be used for West Virginia School of Osteopathic Medicine for biomedical sciences research expansion.

NOTE: The purpose of this supplemental appropriation bill is to expire funds to the surplus balance of General Revenue and to supplement and add a new item of appropriation in the aforesaid account for the designated spending unit for expenditure during the fiscal year 2026.