SB2653 - Relating to the prohibition on water fluoridation; creating a penalty.

      By: Hall S.B. No. 2653               A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to the prohibition on water fluoridation; creating a   penalty.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Subtitle A, Title 5, Chapter 341, Subchapter A,   Texas Health and Safety Code, is amended by adding new Section   341.033 (j) to read as follows:           Sec. 341.033  (j) FLUORIDE INTRODUCTION PROHIBITED.          (a)   For the purposes of this section:                 (1)  "Commission" means the Texas Commission on                 Environmental Quality.                 (2)     "Fluoride" means any chemical compound containing   the fluoride ion, including sodium fluoride, hydrofluoric acid,   sodium silicofluoride, and fluorosilicic acid;                 (3)     "Public water supply" means a water system that   provides water for human consumption through pipes or other   constructed conveyances to at least fifteen service connections or   serves an average of at least twenty-five people for at least sixty   days a year.           (b)  A person may not add or cause to be added any form of   fluoride to any public water supply for the purpose of   fluoridation, regardless of the intended concentration.           (c)     This section does not apply to any water treatment   process where fluoride is naturally occurring in a water source or   the use of fluoride for an industrial or manufacturing process not   related to public water treatment.           (d)     A person in violation of this section is subject to a   fine of five hundred dollars, and subject to a fine of one thousand   dollars for a subsequent violation.           (e)  The Commission shall enforce this section.          SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.