---
type: "Bill"
title: "School facilities: drinking water: water bottle filling stations."
description: "(1) Existing law requires a school district to provide access to free, fresh drinking ​water during meal times in school food service areas by July 1, 2011, unless the​ governing board of a school district adopts a resolution stating that it is unable to​ comply with this requirement and demonstrating the reasons why it is unable to comply ​due to fiscal constraints or health and safety concerns."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20212022"
identifier: "AB 2638"
citation: "California AB 2638 (20212022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["School facilities: drinking water: water bottle filling stations."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bloom"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 28
vote_count: 9
first_action: "2022-02-18"
last_action: "2022-09-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/90cdc950-cd09-4cdc-9d65-658329914d35"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB2638"
source_hash: "3d85d4e660a4c3489f168da08717784e1333ec238faf175e48a835fa4c7e76c5"
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-ca"]
---

# California AB 2638 (20212022) — School facilities: drinking water: water bottle filling stations.

(1) Existing law requires a school district to provide access to free, fresh drinking ​water during meal times in school food service areas by July 1, 2011, unless the​ governing board of a school district adopts a resolution stating that it is unable to​ comply with this requirement and demonstrating the reasons why it is unable to comply ​due to fiscal constraints or health and safety concerns.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **02/18/22 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB2638&version=20210AB263899INT)
2. **03/28/22 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB2638&version=20210AB263898AMD)
3. **04/21/22 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB2638&version=20210AB263897AMD)
4. **09/29/22 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB2638&version=20210AB263895CHP)
5. **AB2638** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB2638)
6. **08/25/22 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB2638&version=20210AB263896ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass — **6–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **9–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Environmental Safety and Toxic Materials] — **7–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB2638 Bloom et al. By Eggman — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Placed on suspense file — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 2638 Bloom Assembly Third Reading — **72–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Environmental Quality] — **6–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **16–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bloom — primary (person)
- Levine — coauthor (person)
- Robert Rivas — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2022-02-18** Introduced. To print. `introduction`
- **2022-02-19** From printer. May be heard in committee March 21.
- **2022-03-10** Referred to Coms. on ED. and E.S. & T.M. `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-28** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on ED. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2022-03-29** Re-referred to Com. on ED. `referral-committee`
- **2022-04-08** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2022-04-21** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on E.S. & T.M. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (April 20). Re-referred to Com. on E.S. & T.M. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2022-04-21** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on E.S. & T.M. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2022-04-25** Re-referred to Com. on E.S. & T.M. `referral-committee`
- **2022-04-27** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (April 26). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2022-05-18** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2022-05-19** Joint Rule 62(a), file notice suspended. (Page 4736.)
- **2022-05-19** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (May 19). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-05-19** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2022-05-23** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 72. Noes 0. Page 4860.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2022-05-24** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2022-06-01** Referred to Coms. on ED. and E.Q. `referral-committee`
- **2022-06-10** 6-16-2022 hearing rescheduled by committee to 6-15-2022
- **2022-06-15** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on E.Q. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (June 15). Re-referred to Com. on E.Q. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2022-06-22** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 22). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2022-08-02** In committee: Referred to suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2022-08-11** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (August 11). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-08-11** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2022-08-23** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 5015.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2022-08-23** In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. `committee-passage`
- **2022-08-30** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
- **2022-09-29** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2022-09-29** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 793, Statutes of 2022. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/90cdc950-cd09-4cdc-9d65-658329914d35`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).