SLS 25RS-47 ORIGINAL
2025 Regular Session
SENATE BILL NO. 2
BY SENATORS FESI AND MCMATH
Prefiled pursuant to Article III, Section 2(A)(4)(b)(i) of the Constitution of Louisiana.
PUBLIC HEALTH. Provides relative to water fluoridation. (8/1/25)
1 AN ACT
2 To enact R.S. 40:5.3.1 and to repeal R.S. 40:5.11, relative to public water systems; to repeal
3 the Louisiana Department of Health's water fluoridation program; to prohibit the
4 fluoridation of public water systems; and to provide for related matters.
5 Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
6 Section 1. R.S. 40:5.3.1 is hereby enacted to read as follows:
7 ยง5.3.1. Fluoridation of public water systems prohibited
8 Fluoridation of any public water system in Louisiana is prohibited.
9 Section 2. R.S. 40:5.11 is hereby repealed.
The original instrument and the following digest, which constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument, were prepared by Amanda Trapp.
DIGEST
SB 2 Original 2025 Regular Session Fesi
Present law requires the Louisiana Department of Health to establish a water fluoridation
program for public water systems with at least 5,000 service connections and provides
exemptions for water systems that meet certain criteria.
Present law requires the Louisiana Department of Health to establish the levels of fluoride
for public water systems to comply with the fluoridation program.
Proposed law repeals the Louisiana Department of Health's water fluoridation program.
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Coding: Words which are struck through are deletions from existing law;
words in boldface type and underscored are additions. SB NO. 2
SLS 25RS-47 ORIGINAL
Proposed law prohibits the fluoridation of any public water systems.
Effective August 1, 2025.
(Adds R.S. 40:5.3.1; repeals R.S. 40:5.11)
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Coding: Words which are struck through are deletions from existing law;
words in boldface type and underscored are additions.