SB2

Senate Bill 2 proposes the repeal of Arkansas Code § 20-7-136, which currently mandates that water systems serving 5,000 or more people must maintain specific fluoride concentrations as established by the Department of Health. The bill effectively eliminates the statewide fluoridation program and removes the legal requirement for water utility providers to treat water with fluoride. By repealing this section, the state would no longer require public water systems to maintain equipment, reporting, or testing procedures specifically for fluoridation. This legislation shifts control away from state-mandated fluoride levels, allowing individual water systems to determine whether to continue or cease the practice of adding fluoride to their water supplies.