---
type: "Bill"
title: "Requiring newly constructed public schools and public schools with major improvements to have water bottle filling stations"
description: "Requiring newly constructed public schools and public schools with major improvements to have water bottle filling stations"
jurisdiction: "us/states/wv"
legislature: "West Virginia Legislature"
session: "2022"
identifier: "SB 246"
citation: "West Virginia SB 246 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education (K12)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Grady"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 45
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2022-01-12"
last_action: "2022-04-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/61eb798e-f8c2-408d-9b3a-fa965263733c"
source_url: "http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=246&year=2022&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill"
source_hash: "73332480ab339717990ef72351f3e58e3a4bedc06754b9604b635bb64dd6939e"
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 246 (2022) — Requiring newly constructed public schools and public schools with major improvements to have water bottle filling stations

## Version chain

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

1. **Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB246%20SUB1.htm&yr=2022&sesstype=RS&i=246)
2. **Enrolled Committee Substitute** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB246%20SUB1%20ENR.htm&yr=2022&sesstype=RS&i=246)
3. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB246%20INTR.htm&yr=2022&sesstype=RS&i=246)
4. **SB246 HFAT ELLINGTON 3-10 adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2022/RS/floor_amends/SB246 HFAT ELLINGTON 3-10 adopted.htm)
5. **SB246 HFIN AM adopted.htm** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.state.wv.us/legisdocs/chamber/2022/RS/com_amends/SB246 HFIN AM adopted.htm)

## Votes

- Passage — **26–3** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Grady — primary (person)
- Lindsay — cosponsor (person)
- Martin — cosponsor (person)
- Phillips — cosponsor (person)
- Roberts — cosponsor (person)
- Woodrum — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-12** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2022-01-12** To Education `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-12** Introduced in Senate `introduction`
- **2022-01-12** To Education `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-24** Committee substitute reported
- **2022-01-25** On 1st reading
- **2022-01-25** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2022-01-26** On 2nd reading
- **2022-01-26** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2022-01-27** On 3rd reading
- **2022-01-27** Laid over on 3rd reading 01/27/2022
- **2022-01-28** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2022-01-28** Passed Senate (Roll No. 54) `passage`
- **2022-01-28** Ordered to House
- **2022-01-31** Introduced in House `introduction`
- **2022-01-31** To Education then Finance `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-31** To House Education `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-01** With amendment, do pass, but first to Finance `committee-passage`
- **2022-03-01** To House Finance `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-08** With amendment, do pass `committee-passage`
- **2022-03-09** On 1st reading, Special Calendar
- **2022-03-09** Read 1st time `reading-1`
- **2022-03-10** On 2nd reading, Special Calendar
- **2022-03-10** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2022-03-10** Committee amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2022-03-11** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2022-03-11** Placed on House Calendar
- **2022-03-11** On 3rd reading, House Calendar
- **2022-03-11** Placed on Special Calender
- **2022-03-11** On 3rd reading, Special Calendar
- **2022-03-11** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2022-03-11** Passed House (Roll No. 554) `passage`
- **2022-03-11** Title amendment adopted (Voice vote)
- **2022-03-11** Communicated to Senate
- **2022-03-12** House Message received
- **2022-03-12** Senate concurred in House amendments and passed bill (Roll No. 540)
- **2022-03-12** Communicated to House
- **2022-03-12** Completed legislative action
- **2022-03-17** To Governor 3/17/2022 `executive-receipt`
- **2022-03-12** To Governor 3/17/2022 - Senate Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2022-03-12** To Governor 3/17/22 - House Journal `executive-receipt`
- **2022-03-12** Approved by Governor 3/28/22 - House Journal
- **2022-03-28** Approved by Governor 3/28/22 `executive-signature`
- **2022-03-12** Approved by Governor 3/28/22 - Senate Journal
- **2022-04-20** Chapter 94, Acts, Regular Session, 2022

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/61eb798e-f8c2-408d-9b3a-fa965263733c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).