Kentucky came the closest it ever has to reversing its statewide water fluoridation requirements for most public utilities last year, with legislation passing the House but failing to make ground in the Senate.

On Tuesday, two lawmakers appeared before the Interim Joint Committee on State Government to present the issue again — and they made clear they intended to revive the legislation again next year.

“The legislation simply undoes the unfunded mandate in the state of Kentucky that requires water producers to add fluoride to the water,” said Rep. Mark Hart, a Republican from Falmouth.

Hart said his goal isn’t to outright ban fluoride in the public water supply — as Utah and Florida did earlier this year — but to give localities the option to not fluoridate their water, a decision that

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