2026 Regular Session - Day 21 - HB 103 | Rep. Mark Hart

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I ask the clerk to report House Committee Substitute 1 to House Bill 103. Clerk, please report. House Committee Substitute 1 to House Bill 103. General from Pendleton. Mr. Speaker, I move adoption of House Committee Substitute 1. Motion is for the adoption of House Committee Substitute 1. Is there any discussion? Seeing none, those in favor signify by voting aye. Those opposed, nay. House Committee Substitute 1 is adopted. General from Pendleton. Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, House Bill 103 removes the unfunded state mandate on water producers that requires fluoride to be added to the water after the water is treated and cleaned for consumption. That is all this legislation does. It does not ban fluoride, nor does it prohibit water producers from adding fluoride to the water. House Bill 103 is, if passed or when passed and become law, it simply removes the mandate and allows water fluoridation to become a local option. We added an immunity clause to the bill that would allow the water producers immunity from prosecution whether they left fluoride in the water or kept it out of the water. House Substitute 1 clarifies the language of this so that it more specifically defines what our goal was, which was to give the water producers immunity from lawsuits regardless of whether they kept fluoride in or out of the water. Mr. Speaker, if there are no questions, I move passage of House Bill 103 as amended by House Committee Substitute 1.