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Senate adopts amendment inserting site‑ready and workforce investments appropriation of $41.16 million; bill passed and made effective from passage
Summary
On third reading the Senate adopted an amendment that inserted provisions of Senate Bill 937 and appropriated $41,159,321 from the unappropriated general revenue balance to site‑ready projects, vo‑tech and workforce investment; the amended bill passed and was declared effective from passage.
The West Virginia Senate on third reading adopted an amendment that inserts provisions of Senate Bill 937 and adds a surplus appropriation of $41,159,321 from the unappropriated balance of general revenue to a new "site ready projects, vo tech and workforce investment" appropriation in the Department of Economic Development, Office of the Secretary. The Senate passed the amended bill and voted to make it effective from passage.
Why it matters: The amendment directs a specific, large one‑time appropriation to economic development and workforce projects, shifting unappropriated general revenue to site readiness and vocational training programs. Lawmakers said the change is a supplemental appropriation and reassigns funds for targeted workforce and economic development investments.
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