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Last action · January 9, 2026

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Introduced January 9, 2026

Senate

Adjourned Sine Die

2026 Regular Session

SB55

AN ACT relating to water fluoridation programs.

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…

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This bill would make water fluoridation optional for local water systems in Kentucky, rather than required. The governing body of each water system would decide whether to add fluoride to the water it provides, and that decision would apply to all systems it supplies. Water systems that currently fluoridate would continue doing so unless their governing body chooses to stop. Who it may affect: residents served by local water systems, local water utility governing boards, and local governments that oversee public water supplies.

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