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Utah House passes bill to restore local initiative revote option on water fluoridation
Summary
The Utah House approved House Bill 64 to restore a local initiative mechanism allowing municipalities and counties to seek a revote on fluoride in drinking water after lawmakers and members debated timing and constitutional limits. The measure passed 64–10 and was sent to the Senate.
Representative Roger Barris, sponsor of House Bill 64, told the chamber the bill "is here before us for 1 reason, and 1 reason only" — to correct an omission in the Safe Drinking Water Act that removed a local revote mechanism on fluoridation. He traced the history of the law and cited a recent judicial ruling that, in his words, left citizens without a local remedy to change a prior voter decision.
Supporters emphasized restoring access to the initiative process. Barris said the current statute left communities without the ability to hold a revote and cited local cost estimates…
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