The House Version of the 2026 budget was amended, explained, and passed on Day 52 of the Legislative Session.
Several amendments were offered to the budget, but only two passed. One amendment transfers an additional $2 million from the EMS Worker Salary Enhancement Fund to Statewide EMS Program Support for EMT and paramedic training, recertification, and mental health issues. Another amendment adds language that any unexpended balances remaining in the appropriations for IDD Waiver, Title XIX for Senior Citizens Waiver, Traumatic Brain Injury Waiver, and Substance Use Disorder Waiver, at the close of FY2026 are re-appropriated for expenditure during FY2027.
The amendments that failed would have added funding to waiver programs, distressed water systems, childcare, summer workforce programs, WVU, and WVSU and restored funding to the Herbert Henderson Office of Minority Affairs. Another failed amendment would have transferred money from the Rainy-Day Fund to the Flood Resiliency Fund.
The breakdown of the 2026 General Revenue Budget is as follows:
- Legislative Branch: $31,377,663
- Judicial Branch: $169,337,881
- Executive Branch
- Governor’s Office: $11,800,376
- Auditor’s Office: $2,713,481
- Treasurer’s Office: $3,697,409
- Department of Agriculture: $27,118,090
- Attorney General: $5,878,719
- Secretary of State: $990,646
- Department of Administration: $97,617,209
- Department of Commerce: $84,329,440
- Department of Tourism: $28,139,380
- Department of Education: $2,275,281,724
- Department of Environmental Protection: $7,824,725
- Department of Health: $101,099,461
- Department of Human Services: $937,069,234
- Department of Health Facilities: $220,196,271
- Department of Homeland Security: $563,704,759
- Department of Revenue: $34,914,262
- Department of Transportation: $7,194,320
- Department of Veterans Affairs: $17,626,220
- Bureau of Senior Services: $6,580,366
- WV Council for Career and Technical Colleges: $88,380,440
- Higher Education Policy Commission: $375,663,337
- Adjutant General: $17,420,030
For a line-item breakdown within the departments, please review the bill.
The Total General Revenue Budget is $5,115,274,982. A General Revenue Surplus is expected at $128,750,000. A plan is in place for the surplus. The surplus is the biggest difference from the Governor’s introduced budget, as he did not have a surplus and spent the total General Revenue Fund.
The State Road Fund is $1,998,605,014. Spending from “other funds” totals $2,302,850,253. Lottery General Revenue Fund spending is $157,392,000, with a surplus of $16,750,000. The excess lottery revenue is $338,554,000, with a surplus of $17,800,000. Expected federal funds total $8,224,744,008, while block grants total $730,395,275.
The House is adjourned until 11 a.m. Monday, April 7, 2025.
Committee Meetings, Today April 4
- The Judiciary Committee will meet at 12 p.m. in Room 410.
- The Committee on Education will meet at 12:15 p.m. in Room 432M.
Committee Meetings, Monday, April 7
- The Finance Committee will meet at 9 a.m. in Room 460.
- The Judiciary Committee will meet at 9 a.m. in Room 410.
- The Rules Committee will meet at 10:45 a.m. in the Speaker’s Conference Room.
- The Committee on Government Organization will meet at 1 p.m. in Room 215E.
- The Committee on Education will meet at 1 p.m. in Room 432M.
- The Committee on Energy and Public Works will meet at 3 p.m. in Room 410.
