---
type: "Bill"
title: "Social services; Medicaid coverage for tobacco cessation treatments; provide"
description: "A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 7 of Chapter 4 of Title 49 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to medical assistance generally, so as to provide Medicaid coverage for tobacco cessation treatments; to provide for requirements; to provide for submission of a state plan amendment or waiver, if necessary; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ga"
legislature: "Georgia General Assembly"
session: "2025_26"
identifier: "HB 506"
citation: "Georgia HB 506 (2025_26)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["SOCIAL SERVICES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Deborah Silcox", "Karen Mathiak", "Michelle Au", "Ron Stephens", "Scott Hilton"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 19
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-02-18"
last_action: "2026-05-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bf659cea-16cb-4e38-a985-be87aa0b2711"
source_url: "http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl"
source_hash: "3c704c4afebe5311dde95089fc6bb962d1da18fe4fddf38a504a77ab34696bab"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ga"]
---

# Georgia HB 506 (2025_26) — Social services; Medicaid coverage for tobacco cessation treatments; provide

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 7 of Chapter 4 of Title 49 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to medical assistance generally, so as to provide Medicaid coverage for tobacco cessation treatments; to provide for requirements; to provide for submission of a state plan amendment or waiver, if necessary; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **HB 506/AP*** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/249063.pdf)
2. **LC 57 0195/a** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/232738.pdf)
3. **Sen Ctee Sub LC 52 1090S** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/20252026/247268.pdf)

## Votes

- House Vote #258 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **142–31** (pass) · lower
- Senate Vote #894 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **48–0** (pass) · upper
- House Vote #835 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — **168–2** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Deborah Silcox — primary (person)
- Karen Mathiak — primary (person)
- Michelle Au — primary (person)
- Ron Stephens — primary (person)
- Scott Hilton — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2025-02-18** House Hopper `introduction`
- **2025-02-19** House First Readers `reading-1`
- **2025-02-20** House Second Readers `reading-2`
- **2025-02-27** House Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-06** House Third Readers `reading-3`
- **2025-03-06** House Passed/Adopted `passage`
- **2025-03-10** Senate Read and Referred `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-13** Senate Committee Favorably Reported `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-18** Senate Read Second Time `reading-2`
- **2025-04-02** Senate Tabled
- **2026-01-12** Senate Taken from Table
- **2026-01-12** Senate Recommitted `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-25** Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-31** Senate Third Read `reading-3`
- **2026-03-31** Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute `passage`
- **2026-04-02** House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub
- **2026-04-10** House Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-05-12** House Date Signed by Governor `executive-signature`
- **2026-05-12** Act 624 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/bf659cea-16cb-4e38-a985-be87aa0b2711`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).