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

Massachusetts S 2627, An Act allowing the town of Somerset to prohibit water fluoridation, is a 194th General Court (2025-2026) Senate bill sponsored by Justin Thurber (Republican), Michael J. Rodrigues (Democratic); status passed senate, last action 2026-05-18 (Read second and ordered to a third reading) (as of 2026-11-01).

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## Facts
- Bill: Massachusetts S 2627
- State: Massachusetts
- Session: 194th General Court (2025-2026)
- Title: An Act allowing the town of Somerset to prohibit water fluoridation
- Status: passed senate
- Chamber: Senate
- Introduced: 2025-10-09
- Last action: 2026-05-18, Read second and ordered to a third reading
- Sponsors: Justin Thurber (Republican), Michael J. Rodrigues (Democratic)
- Cosponsors: 0
- Subjects: Public Health, House Steering, Policy and Scheduling
- Touches household money: no
- Roll calls: 1 (2 yes, 0 no in all)
- Economic provisions PRIA read: 0

## Summary

No summary available.

## Bill overview

No economic impacts identified for this bill.

## Sponsors and cosponsors

- Sponsor: Justin Thurber (Republican), House
- Sponsor: Michael J. Rodrigues (Democratic), Senate

## Roll call votes

| Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026-03-26 | committee | Committee Favorable: Favorable | pass | 2 | 0 | 2 |

## Actions (12)

- 2026-05-18: Read second and ordered to a third reading (House)
- 2026-05-18: Rules suspended (House)
- 2026-05-18: Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting (House)
- 2026-05-04: Read; and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling (House)
- 2026-04-30: Read third and passed to be engrossed (Senate)
- 2026-04-30: Taken out of the Orders of the Day (Senate)
- 2026-04-15: Read second and ordered to a third reading (Senate)
- 2026-04-01: Bill reported favorably by committee and placed in the Orders of the Day for the next session (Senate)
- 2026-03-19: Reporting date extended to Friday July 31, 2026 (Senate)
- 2025-10-24: Hearing scheduled for 11/03/2025 from 09:00 AM-05:00 PM in Written Testimony Only (legislature)
- 2025-10-14: House concurred (House)
- 2025-10-09: Referred to the committee on Public Health (Senate)

## Bill text

- Passed to be engrossed, 2026-04-30: [PDF](https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/S2627.pdf)

## Related bills

- H 4585: An Act authorizing the town of Auburn to offer expanded senior property tax abatements (signed)
- H 5435: An Act authorizing the town of Topsfield to continue to employment of police chief Neal Hovey (passed senate)
- H 5515: An Act to increase the value of estates eligible for abatements pursuant to M.G.L. chapter 59, section 5, clauses seventeenth D and forty-first C in the town o… (passed house)
- H 4755: An Act amending the means tested senior citizen property tax exemption in the town of Sudbury (signed)
- H 3909: An Act authorizing the Provincetown year-round market rate rental housing trust to acquire year-round housing occupancy restrictions (signed)
- H 5429: An Act providing injured on duty compensation to Chelmsford firefighter Nicholas Spinale (second reading)

## Sources
- [Passed to be engrossed (PDF)](https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/S2627.pdf)

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- [H 5515: An Act to increase the value of estates eligible for abatements pursuant to M.G…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MA-H5515-194)
- [H 4755: An Act amending the means tested senior citizen property tax exemption in the t…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MA-H4755-194)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/MA-S2627-194 (as of 2026-11-01).