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Senate approves bill letting shareholder‑owned water systems choose fluoridation amid heated debate
Summary
The Utah Senate passed a floor-substitute to the Safe Drinking Water Act that lets shareholders of private nonprofit water companies vote to add or remove fluoridation. Supporters framed it as protection of private property rights; opponents warned it could undercut existing public‑system safeguards and spawn litigation. The bill passed 17–11.
The Utah Senate on the floor passed the first substitute to Senate Bill 29, a Safe Drinking Water Act amendment that would allow shareholders of certain private nonprofit water systems to decide, by vote, whether to add or remove fluoride to their drinking water.
Senator Stoll, the bill sponsor, told colleagues the measure is about property rights: “So should a stockholder of a company … be able to have a vote, as to whether they should fluoridate or not,” he said, framing the choice as internal to shareholder‑owned systems rather than a statewide mandate. He…
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