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

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type	title	description	jurisdiction	legislature	session	identifier	citation	classification	subjects	status	primary_sponsors	version_count	action_count	vote_count	first_action	last_action	source	source_identifier	source_url	source_hash	vintage	source_snapshot	retrieved_at	confidence	tags
Bill	Removing county residency requirement for county superintendent of schools	Removing county residency requirement for county superintendent of schools	us/states/wv	West Virginia Legislature	2026	SB 694	West Virginia SB 694 (2026)	bill	Education (K12)	enacted	Grady	3	35	2	2026-01-30	2026-06-25	openstates	ocd-bill/81bf9803-85aa-4dcd-9cb2-5a5e201b3ee5	https://www.wvlegislature.gov/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=694&year=2026&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill	d0cc1c9b60ea48bdeade245d848d824af27ee665ac5257dae5cd3b5e6019e414	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	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
2. Enrolled Committee Substitute (committee substitute) — source
3. Introduced Version (committee substitute) — source

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; origin ocd-bill/81bf9803-85aa-4dcd-9cb2-5a5e201b3ee5. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official West Virginia legislature records).