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Read. Follow. Verify.West Virginia appropriates $10 million from surplus funds for Flood Resiliency Trust Fund
Last action · February 6, 2026: To FinanceSponsors: Randy Smith and 1 other
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What This Bill Proposed
West Virginia Senate Bill 818 appropriates $10 million in surplus general revenue funds to the Governor's Office Civil Contingent Fund for 2026, specifically designating the money to be transferred into the Flood Resiliency Trust Fund.
The measure directs $10 million in unappropriated state treasury funds toward flood mitigation efforts, altering how surplus state revenues are allocated for disaster readiness before the ends on June 30, 2026.
Who It Would Have Affected
Groups the bill's text would have affected, as described in the record. Being affected is not a position for or against it.
Governor's Office Civil Contingent Fund
Receives a new $10 million supplemental appropriation of general revenue surplus.
Flood Resiliency Trust Fund
Receives the transfer of $10 million from the Civil Contingent Fund.
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Votes, people, money & the original sourceWhere This Stands
This bill did not become law - Died at adjournment · in Senate committee.
Procedural history
4 actions- Feb 6, 2026SenateCommitteeTo Finance
- Feb 6, 2026SenateIntroducedIntroduced in Senate
- Feb 6, 2026SenateCommitteeTo Finance
- Feb 6, 2026SenateIntroducedFiled for introduction
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www.wvlegislature.gov
Analysis Score
0–100- Significance20Lowered because this bill did not pass (its text scored 55)
- Controversy10Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
- Entertainment5Compellingness for a non-policy-wonk reader
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