---
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).