Proposed Bill Would Make Water Fluoridation Optional

Kentucky House committee approves another effort to make water fluoridation optional

(Margaret Barse / Flickr)A bill that would have given local water systems the ability to choose for themselves whether to fluoridate their supplies passed out of the Kentucky House last year, but failed to pass the state Senate. On Wednesday, the Kentucky House local government committee passed House Bill 103 – which would remove the state's water fluoridation mandate and give water systems immunity from civil or criminal liability in relation t…

Proposed bill would make water fluoridation optional

A similar measure cleared the Kentucky House last year but stalled in the Senate.

Kentucky lawmakers again try to make water fluoridation optional

Kentucky requires water utilities serving more than 3,000 customers to add low levels of fluoride to drinking water which, according to the National Institutes of Health, helps prevent cavities and tooth decay. (Kentucky Lantern photo by Sarah Ladd) HB 103 progress FRANKFORT — A bill that would make water fluoridation optional in Kentucky, which supporters praise as a way to ensure local control, passed out of the House Local Government Commi…