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legislation/us/states/wv/2026/sb-694.md

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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Removing county residency requirement for county superintendent of schools"
+description: "Removing county residency requirement for county superintendent of schools"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
+legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
+session: "2026"
+identifier: "SB 694"
+citation: "West Virginia SB 694 (2026)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Education (K12)"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Grady"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 35
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2026-01-30"
+last_action: "2026-06-25"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/81bf9803-85aa-4dcd-9cb2-5a5e201b3ee5"
+source_url: "https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=694&year=2026&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
+source_hash: "d0cc1c9b60ea48bdeade245d848d824af27ee665ac5257dae5cd3b5e6019e414"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-wv"]
+---
+
+# West Virginia SB 694 (2026) — Removing county residency requirement for county superintendent of schools
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb694%20sub1.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=694)
+2. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb694%20sub1%20enr.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=694)
+3. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb694%20intr.htm&yr=2026&sesstype=RS&i=694)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Passage — **28–6** (pass) · upper
+- PASSAGE — **72–24** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Grady — primary (person)
+- Deeds — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2026-01-30** Filed for introduction `filing`
+- **2026-01-30** To Education `referral-committee`
+- **2026-01-30** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
+- **2026-01-30** To Education `referral-committee`
+- **2026-02-04** Committee substitute reported
+- **2026-02-05** On 1st reading
+- **2026-02-05** Read 1st time `reading-1`
+- **2026-02-06** On 2nd reading
+- **2026-02-06** Laid over on 2nd reading 2/6/2026
+- **2026-02-09** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2026-02-10** On 3rd reading
+- **2026-02-10** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2026-02-10** Passed Senate (Roll No. 61) `passage`
+- **2026-02-10** Ordered to House
+- **2026-02-12** House received Senate message
+- **2026-02-12** Introduced in House `introduction`
+- **2026-02-12** To Education `referral-committee`
+- **2026-02-12** To House Education `referral-committee`
+- **2026-03-02** Markup Discussion
+- **2026-03-04** Do pass
+- **2026-03-05** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
+- **2026-03-05** Read 1st time `reading-1`
+- **2026-03-06** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
+- **2026-03-06** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2026-03-09** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
+- **2026-03-09** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2026-03-09** Passed House (Roll No. 367) `passage`
+- **2026-03-09** Communicated to Senate
+- **2026-03-09** Completed legislative action
+- **2026-03-10** House Message received
+- **2026-03-11** To Governor 3/11/2026 `executive-receipt`
+- **2026-03-17** Approved by Governor 3/17/2026 `executive-signature`
+- **2026-03-14** Approved by Governor 3/17/2026 - Senate Journal `executive-signature`
+- **2026-03-14** Approved by Governor 3/17/2026 - House Journal `executive-signature`
+- **2026-06-25** Chapter 118, Acts, Regular Session, 2026 `became-law`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/81bf9803-85aa-4dcd-9cb2-5a5e201b3ee5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).
+