Florida state Sen. Geraldine Thompson died Thursday following complications from knee replacement surgery, her family said. She was 76. The Orlando-area Democrat had served in the Florida Legislature since 2006.

Local governments in Florida ​and across the country recently have debated — and, in some cases, stopped — the longstanding practice of adding fluoride​ to water supplies.

With the backing of Agriculture Commissioner Wilton Simpson, a Senate Republican on Thursday filed a wide-ranging bill that would bar public water systems from adding fluoride to water supplies.

The proposal would bar public water systems from adding fluoride to the water supply, but naturally occurring fluoride is already in JEA’s drinking water.

Without the waivers, the undocumented students’ tuition rate would be tripled or quadrupled to out-of-state rates.

The Florida Senate voted Thursday to pass sweeping immigration legislation. The legislation aims to make several major changes, including: Read: Required death penalty sought in immigration plan • Make it a state-level crime to knowingly enter into Florida illegally • Deny bail and raise penalties for undocumented immigrants who commit a crime • Appropriate $250 million for local law enforcement to enforce federal immigration law • It would also slash in-state tuition for undocumented immigrants Read: New York isn’t alone when it comes to granting driver’s licenses to immigrants without legal status Democrats also attempted to pass last-minute amendments to the legislation.