An Act to Prohibit Fluoridation of the Public Water Supply
Maine Legislature, Session 132, LD 1570
Committee: Health and Human Services
Sponsors: POIRIER
Amends: 20-A MRSA §4003, 22 MRSA §2651-A, 22 MRSA §2651-B, 22 MRSA §2653, 22 MRSA §2654, 22 MRSA §2655, 22 MRSA §2656, 22 MRSA §2657, 22 MRSA §2658, 22 MRSA §2659

Legislative Document
No. 1570
H.P. 1028
House of Representatives, April 10, 2025
An Act to Prohibit Fluoridation of the Public Water Supply
Reference to the Committee on Health and Human Services suggested and ordered printed.
ROBERT B. HUNT
Clerk
Presented by Representative POIRIER of Skowhegan.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:
Sec. 1.  20-A MRSA §4003, as corrected by RR 2021, c. 2, Pt. A, §41, is amended 
to read:
§4003.  Water supply
If a school building of a school administrative unit is supplied by a water supply that 
is operated by the school administrative unit and which that serves only the school buildings 
under the control of the school board, the water supply is not considered a public water 
supply under Title 22, sections section 2651‑B and 2653. The school board shall ensure 
that this water supply meets standards set by the Department of Health and Human Services 
for private water supplies of schools.
Sec. 2.  22 MRSA §2651-A, sub-§1, as enacted by PL 1983, c. 463, §2, is repealed.
Sec. 3.  22 MRSA §2651-A, sub-§2, as enacted by PL 1983, c. 463, §2, is repealed.
Sec. 4.  22 MRSA §2651-A, sub-§3, as enacted by PL 1983, c. 463, §2, is repealed.
Sec. 5.  22 MRSA §2651-A, sub-§4, as enacted by PL 1983, c. 463, §2, is repealed.
Sec. 6.  22 MRSA §2651-A, sub-§4-A is enacted to read:
4-A.  Natural fluoride level.  "Natural fluoride level" means the concentration of 
fluoride that is present in a water supply from naturally occurring fluoride.
Sec. 7.  22 MRSA §2651-A, sub-§6, as enacted by PL 1983, c. 463, §2, is repealed.
Sec. 8.  22 MRSA §2651-A, sub-§7, as amended by PL 1987, c. 122, §1, is 
repealed.
Sec. 9.  22 MRSA §2651-A, sub-§8, as enacted by PL 1983, c. 463, §2, is repealed.
Sec. 10.  22 MRSA §2651-A, sub-§9, as enacted by PL 1983, c. 463, §2, is 
repealed.
Sec. 11.  22 MRSA §2651-B, as enacted by PL 1983, c. 463, §2, is amended to read:
§2651-B.  Fluoridation prohibited; penalty
No A public water system may not add any fluoride to its water supply without written 
approval of the department in excess of the natural fluoride level of the water supply.  A 
person that intentionally violates this section commits a civil violation for which a fine of 
$1,000 per day for each day of the violation may be adjudged.
Sec. 12.  22 MRSA §2653, as amended by PL 1987, c. 122, §2, is repealed.
Sec. 13.  22 MRSA §2654, as amended by PL 1991, c. 824, Pt. A, §43, is repealed.
Sec. 14.  22 MRSA §2655, as corrected by RR 2021, c. 2, Pt. B, §131, is repealed.
Sec. 15.  22 MRSA §2656, as corrected by RR 2021, c. 2, Pt. B, §§132 and 133, is 
repealed.
Sec. 16.  22 MRSA §2657, as enacted by PL 1983, c. 463, §4, is repealed.
Sec. 17.  22 MRSA §2658, as enacted by PL 1983, c. 463, §4, is repealed.
Sec. 18.  22 MRSA §2659, as enacted by PL 1983, c. 463, §4, is amended to read:
§2659.  Rules
The Department department shall promulgate such adopt rules, pursuant to the Maine 
Administrative Procedure Act, Title 5, chapter 375, subchapter II, as 2 it deems considers 
necessary to carry out the purposes of this subchapter, including, but not limited to, rules 
regarding the time and manner in which municipalities shall establish public water system 
zones.
Sec. 19. Cessation of addition of fluoride; notification to customers.  A public 
water system that intentionally adds fluoride to its water supply in excess of the natural 
fluoride level in violation of the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 22, section 2651-B on the 
effective date of this Act shall cease adding such fluoride within 90 days of the effective 
date of this Act and shall notify its customers of the date of that cessation.
SUMMARY
This bill repeals the law governing the process for a public water system to add fluoride 
to its water supply.  Instead, the bill prohibits a public water system from adding fluoride 
to its water supply.  A person who intentionally violates that prohibition commits a civil 
violation for which a fine of $1,000 per day for each day of the violation may be adjudged.