Kentucky House Bill 16

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 28-0)
Status: Introduced on January 7 2025 - 25% progression
Action: 2025-01-07 - to Committee on Committees (H)
Pending: House Committee On Committees Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Amend KRS 211.190 to make water fluoridation programs optional; allow the governing bodies of water systems subject to regulation by the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to decide whether they participate in water fluoridation programs; provide that a water fluoridation program in place on the effective date of the Act continues until action is taken by its governing body to end its participation; provide that any decision regarding participation in a water fluoridation program made by the governing body of a water system shall be binding on all water systems it supplies.

AN ACT relating to water fluoridation programs.

Rep. Mark Hart [R]	Rep. David Hale [R]	Rep. Shane Baker [R]	Rep. John Blanton [R]
Rep. Emily Callaway [R]	Rep. Josh Calloway [R]	Rep. Jennifer Henson Decker [R]	Rep. Steven Doan [R]
Rep. Myron Dossett [R]	Rep. Ryan Dotson [R]	Rep. Daniel Fister [R]	Rep. John Hodgson [R]
Rep. Thomas Huff [R]	Rep. Mary Imes [R]	Rep. DJ Johnson [R]	Rep. William Lawrence [R]
Rep. Matt Lockett [R]	Rep. Savannah Maddox [R]	Rep. Candy Massaroni [R]	Rep. Bobby McCool [R]
Rep. Marianne Proctor [R]	Rep. Felicia Rabourn [R]	Rep. Rebecca Raymer [R]	Rep. T.J. Roberts [R]
Rep. Nancy Tate [R]	Rep. James Tipton [R]	Rep. Billy Wesley [R]	Rep. Richard White [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2025-01-07	House	to Committee on Committees (H)
2025-01-07	House	introduced in House

Type	Source
Summary	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/25RS/hb16.html
Text	https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/25RS/hb16/orig_bill.pdf