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Bill 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. us/states/ga Georgia General Assembly 2025_26 HB 506 Georgia HB 506 (2025_26)
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SOCIAL SERVICES
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Deborah Silcox
Karen Mathiak
Michelle Au
Ron Stephens
Scott Hilton
3 19 3 2025-02-18 2026-05-12 openstates ocd-bill/bf659cea-16cb-4e38-a985-be87aa0b2711 http://webservices.legis.ga.gov/GGAServices/Legislation/Service.svc?wsdl 3c704c4afebe5311dde95089fc6bb962d1da18fe4fddf38a504a77ab34696bab 2026-07-01 https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump 2026-07-06 reported
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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
  2. LC 57 0195/a (committee substitute) — source
  3. Sen Ctee Sub LC 52 1090S (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • House Vote #258 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — 14231 (pass) · lower
  • Senate Vote #894 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — 480 (pass) · upper
  • House Vote #835 - 2025-2026 Regular Session — 1682 (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; origin ocd-bill/bf659cea-16cb-4e38-a985-be87aa0b2711. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Georgia legislature records).