Key Votes

SB 29 - Authorizing Corporate Water Systems to Refuse Fluoridation - Key Vote

Utah Key Votes

Jon Huntsman, Jr. signed this legislation.

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NOTE: THIS IS A SUBSTITUTE BILL, MEANING THE LANGUAGE OF THE ORIGINAL BILL HAS BEEN REPLACED. THE DEGREE TO WHICH THE SUBSTITUTE BILL TEXT DIFFERS FROM THE PREVIOUS VERSION OF THE TEXT CAN VARY GREATLY.

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Legislation - Signed (Executive) -

Title: Authorizing Corporate Water Systems to Refuse Fluoridation

Signed by Governor Jon Huntsman, Jr.
Legislation - Bill Passed (House) (60-11) - (Key vote)

Title: Authorizing Corporate Water Systems to Refuse Fluoridation

Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to pass a bill that authorizes the shareholders of a corporate public water system to reject fluoridation by majority vote.

Highlights:
-Defines "corporate public water systems" as a public water system that is owned by a corporation engaging in water distribution only to its shareholders (Sec. 1). -Prohibits a corporate public water system from adding or removing fluoride without the majority of the votes cast in support by the shareholders (Sec. 1). -Requires corporate public water systems who opt not to add fluoride to annually provide notice of the average amount of fluoride in the water to individuals who receive water from the system (Sec. 1). -Specifies that a vote in support of adding or removing fluoride does not require a supplier of a public water system, including a system that provides water to the corporate public water system, to add or remove fluoride (Sec. 1). -This is a substitute bill sponsored by Sen. Dennis Stowell.
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Legislation - Bill Passed (Senate) (17-11) - (Key vote)

Title: Authorizing Corporate Water Systems to Refuse Fluoridation

Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to pass a bill that authorizes the shareholders of a corporate public water system to reject fluoridation by majority vote.

Highlights:
-Defines "corporate public water systems" as a public water system that is owned by a corporation engaging in water distribution only to its shareholders (Sec. 1). -Prohibits a corporate public water system from adding or removing fluoride without the majority of the votes cast in support by the shareholders (Sec. 1). -Requires corporate public water systems who opt not to add fluoride to annually provide notice of the average amount of fluoride in the water to individuals who receive water from the system (Sec. 1). -Specifies that a vote in support of adding or removing fluoride does not require a supplier of a public water system, including a system that provides water to the corporate public water system, to add or remove fluoride (Sec. 1). -This is a substitute bill sponsored by Sen. Dennis Stowell.
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Legislation - Introduced (Senate) -

Title: Authorizing Corporate Water Systems to Refuse Fluoridation

Sponsors

  • Patrick L. Painter (UT - R) (Out Of Office)
  • Dennis E. Stowell (UT - R) (Out Of Office)