Social services; Medicaid coverage for tobacco cessation treatments; provide
Introduced
Moved
Reached a final decision
Became law
Derived from the official record below.
Officially: “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;” Read the full text
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2025-2026 regular session
Where it is
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House Hopper · Feb 18, 2025
House First Readers · Feb 19, 2025
House Second Readers · Feb 20, 2025
House Committee Favorably Reported · Feb 27, 2025
House Third Readers · Mar 6, 2025
House Passed/Adopted · Mar 6, 2025
Senate Read and Referred · Mar 10, 2025
Senate Committee Favorably Reported · Mar 13, 2025
Senate Read Second Time · Mar 18, 2025
Senate Tabled · Apr 2, 2025
Senate Taken from Table · Jan 12, 2026
Senate Recommitted · Jan 12, 2026
Senate Committee Favorably Reported By Substitute · Mar 25, 2026
Senate Third Read · Mar 31, 2026
Senate Passed/Adopted By Substitute · Mar 31, 2026
House Agreed Senate Amend or Sub · Apr 2, 2026
House Sent to Governor · Apr 10, 2026
House Date Signed by Governor · May 12, 2026
Act 624 · May 12, 2026
Effective Date · Jan 1, 2027
The numbers
6
sponsors on the bill
Sponsors
Recorded votes
Agree to Senate SubstituteHouse · 2026-04-02 · yea 168, nay 2, notVoting 6, excused 4
PASSAGE BY SUBSTITUTESenate · 2026-03-31 · yea 48, nay 0, notVoting 2, excused 6
PASSAGEHouse · 2025-03-06 · yea 142, nay 31, notVoting 1, excused 6
Roll-call results shown verbatim from the Georgia legislature’s records. A result reflects that roll call’s own motion, not the bill’s overall outcome.
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