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Bill	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.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20212022	AB 2638	California AB 2638 (20212022)	bill	School facilities: drinking water: water bottle filling stations.	enacted	Bloom	6	28	9	2022-02-18	2022-09-29	openstates	ocd-bill/90cdc950-cd09-4cdc-9d65-658329914d35	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB2638	3d85d4e660a4c3489f168da08717784e1333ec238faf175e48a835fa4c7e76c5	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	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
2. 03/28/22 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 04/21/22 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
4. 09/29/22 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
5. AB2638 (committee substitute) — source
6. 08/25/22 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

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; origin ocd-bill/90cdc950-cd09-4cdc-9d65-658329914d35. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).