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House passes bill allowing shareholder votes on fluoride in privately held water systems
Summary
The Utah House on its 18th day passed House Bill 116 to allow privately held, shareholder-owned water corporations to add or remove fluoride by a shareholder vote. Supporters framed it as a private property-rights clarification; opponents warned it could undercut pending court review and public health planning.
The Utah House passed House Bill 116 on a recorded vote of 56-14 (5 absent), sending the measure to the Senate. The bill clarifies that a supplier of a public water system that is a privately held corporation may add or remove fluoride (described in the bill text as 'fluorine' in some lines of the transcript) from the system’s water supply only if authorized by a majority vote of the corporation’s shareholders.
Sponsor Representative Sylvia Anderson said the measure is intended to distinguish privately held water corporations from municipal, county or state systems and to protect private property rights. "Their shareholders are…
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