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WEST VIRGINIA LEGISLATURE
2026 REGULAR SESSION
ENROLLED
House Bill 5682
BY DELEGATES CRISS AND RILEY
[Passed March 6, 2026; in effect from passage]
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1 AN ACT expiring funds to the unappropriated surplus balance in the State Fund, General
2 Revenue, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2026 in the amount of $35,000,000 from the
3 Governor’s Office – Civil Contingent Fund, fund 0105, fiscal year 2023, organization 0100,
4 appropriation 85700; and making a supplementary appropriation of public moneys out of
5 the Treasury from the balance of moneys remaining as an unappropriated surplus balance
6 in the State Fund, General Revenue, to the Higher Education Policy Commission –
7 Administration – Control Account, fund 0589, fiscal year 2026, organization 0441, by
8 supplementing and amending the appropriations for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2026.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
1 That the balance of the funds available for expenditure in the fiscal year ending June 30,
2 2026, the Governor’s Office – Civil Contingent Fund, fund 0105, fiscal year 2023, organization
3 0100, appropriation 85700, be decreased by expiring the amount of $35,000,000 to the
4 unappropriated surplus balance of the State Fund, General Revenue to be available for
5 appropriation during the fiscal year ending June 30, 2026.
6 And, That the total appropriation for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2026, to fund 0589,
7 fiscal year 2026, organization 0441, be supplemented and amended to read 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
Appro- General
priation Revenue
Fund
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8 Personal Services and Employee Benefits ............................... 00100 $ 2,945,386
9 RHI Program and Site Support –
10 RHEP Program Administration (R)....................................... 03700 80,000
11 Mental Health Provider Loan Repayment (R) ........................... 11301 100,000
12 Current Expenses ..................................................................... 13000 1,096,902
13 Current Expenses – Surplus ..................................................... 13099 72,000,000
14 Higher Education Grant Program.............................................. 16400 40,619,864
15 Tuition Contract Program (R) .................................................... 16500 1,325,917
16 Underwood-Smith Scholarship Program-Student Awards ........ 16700 1,478,349
17 Facilities Planning and Administration ...................................... 38600 1,760,254
18 Dual Enrollment Program.......................................................... 42201 5,810,625
19 Higher Education System Initiatives ......................................... 48801 1,655,725
20 PROMISE Scholarship – Transfer ............................................ 80000 18,500,000
21 HEAPS Grant Program (R) ....................................................... 86700 5,026,840
22 Health Professionals’ Student Loan Program (R) ..................... 86701 547,470
23 Directed Transfer ...................................................................... 70000 293,500
24 West Virginia University College of Law ................................... xxxxx 0
25 BRIM Premium.......................................................................... 91300 17,817
26 Total ..................................................................................... $ 153,258,649
27 Any unexpended balances remaining in the appropriations for RHI Program and Site
28 Support – RHEP Program Administration (fund 0589, 03700), Mental Health Provider Loan
29 Repayment (fund 0589, appropriation 11301), Tuition Contract Program (fund 0589, appropriation
30 16500), Fire and EMS Training Program Support – Surplus (fund 0589, appropriation 31099),
31 Dual Enrollment Program (fund 0589, appropriation 42201), Nursing Program Expansion Support
32 – Surplus (fund 0589, appropriation 42299), HEAPS Grant Program (fund 0589, appropriation
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33 86700), and Health Professionals’ Student Loan Program (fund 0589, appropriation 86701) at the
34 close of the fiscal year 2025 are hereby reappropriated for expenditure during the fiscal year 2026.
35 From the above appropriation for Current Expenses – Surplus (fund 0589, appropriation
36 13099), $30,000,000 shall be used for Marshall University School of Medicine, $5,000,000 shall
37 be used for West Virginia University Dental School, $32,000,000 shall be used for West Virginia
38 University School of Medicine, and $5,000,000 shall be used for West Virginia School of
39 Osteopathic Medicine for biomedical sciences research expansion.
40 The above appropriation for Facilities Planning and Administration (fund 0589,
41 appropriation 38600) is for operational expenses of the West Virginia Regional Technology Park
42 between construction and full occupancy.
43 The above appropriation for Higher Education Grant Program (fund 0589, appropriation
44 16400) shall be transferred to the Higher Education Grant Fund (fund 4933) established by W.V.
45 Code §18C-5-3.
46 The above appropriation for Underwood-Smith Scholarship Program - Student Awards
47 (fund 0589, appropriation 16700) shall be transferred to the Underwood-Smith Teaching Scholars
48 Program Fund (fund 4922) established by W.V. Code §18C-4-1.
49 The above appropriation for Directed Transfer (fund 0589, appropriation 70000) shall be
50 transferred to the Military College Advisory Council Fund (fund XXXX).
51 The above appropriation for PROMISE Scholarship-Transfer (fund 0589, appropriation
52 80000) shall be transferred to the PROMISE Scholarship Fund (fund 4296) established by W.V.
53 Code §18C-7-7.
54 The above appropriation for Dual Enrollment Program (fund 0589, appropriation 42201)
55 shall be used for the Dual Enrollment Program established by House Bill 2005 during the 2023
56 Regular Session.
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The Clerk of the House of Delegates and the Clerk of the Senate hereby
certify that the foregoing bill is correctly enrolled.
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Clerk of the House of Delegates
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Clerk of the Senate
Originated in the House of Delegates.
In effect from passage.
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Speaker of the House of Delegates
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President of the Senate
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The within is ................................................ this the...........................................
Day of ..........................................................................................................., 2026.
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Governor
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