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Massachusetts · 194th Legislature (2025-2026) · Bill

S 2627: An Act allowing the town of Somerset to prohibit water fluoridation

Passed one chamber Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

S 2627 is a bill introduced in the Massachusetts Senate on October 9, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: An Act allowing the town of Somerset to prohibit water fluoridation. It lists 2 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (May 18, 2026): Read second and ordered to a third reading.

Generated automatically from the official title, sponsor list, and status record only. It does not characterize the bill’s purpose or effects. How summaries are written

Official summary

Abstract published by the legislature (via Open States). Text as published by the legislature; reproduced verbatim.

By Mr. Rodrigues and Mr. Thurber, of Somerset a joint petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 2627) of Michael J. Rodrigues and Justin Thurber (by vote of the town) for legislation to allow the town of Somerset to prohibit water fluoridation. Public Health. [Local Approval Received.]

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 1 · Republican 1

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Michael RodriguesCo-sponsorDemocraticSenateFirst Bristol and Plymouth
Justin ThurberCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse5th Bristol

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

  1. Read second and ordered to a third reading
  2. Rules suspended
  3. Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting
  4. Read; and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling
  5. Read third and passed to be engrossed
  6. Taken out of the Orders of the Day
  7. Read second and ordered to a third reading
  8. Bill reported favorably by committee and placed in the Orders of the Day for the next session
  9. Reporting date extended to Friday July 31, 2026
  10. Hearing scheduled for 11/03/2025 from 09:00 AM-05:00 PM in Written Testimony Only
  11. House concurred
  12. Referred to the committee on Public Health

Sources

  1. Open States / Plural (data from the official legislature website)
  2. Official legislature source