Bill Summary
House Bill 103 amends Kentucky’s water fluoridation law to make participation in fluoridation programs optional rather than mandatory for water systems regulated by the Cabinet for Health and Family Services. The governing body of each covered water system gains clear authority to decide whether to continue, end, or decline participation in a fluoridation program, and any existing fluoridation continues until that body votes to stop it. A decision by a governing body applies to all systems it supplies, and the bill grants civil and criminal immunity to governing bodies, their members or employees, and related public or private entities for good‑faith decisions about whether to participate in fluoridation.
House Bill 103 amends Kentucky’s water fluoridation law to make participation in fluoridation programs optional rather than mandatory for water systems regulated by the Cabinet for Health and Family Services. The governing body of each covered water system gains clear authority to decide whether to continue, end, or decline participation in a fluoridation program, and any existing fluoridation continues until that body votes to stop it. A decision by a governing body applies to all systems it supplies, and the bill grants civil and criminal immunity to governing bodies, their members or employees, and related public or private entities for good‑faith decisions about whether to participate in fluoridation.
Why It Matters to the Make America Healthy Again Movement
The MAHA Movement supports this bill because it ends one‑size‑fits‑all fluoridation mandates and restores local control and community choice over adding a neuroactive industrial chemical to drinking water. By allowing communities to opt out of fluoridation and shielding local decision‑makers who act reasonably and in good faith, HB 103 aligns with MAHA’s priorities of cleaner water, reduced toxic exposures, and informed, locally driven health decisions rather than mass medication through public infrastructure.