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GA SB 631

died on adjournment

"Veterans Mental Health Innovations Act"; enact

Georgia · 2025_26 · upper

Quick answers

Did GA SB 631 pass?

No. GA SB 631 died when the 2025-26 session adjourned without final action on it. Bills that die this way are sometimes reintroduced in a later session. Latest recorded action (2026-03-25): Senate Read and Referred

What is GA SB 631 about?

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 1 of Chapter 2A Title 31 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions of the Department of Public Health, so as to authorize the department to award grants to eligible entities to conduct clinical trials approved by the United States Food and Drug Administration as a part of a multistate consortium using ibogaine as an investigational new drug for the treatment of opioid use disorder, co-occurring substance use disorder, and any other neurological or mental health conditions as related to veterans for which ibogaine demonstrates efficacy; to provide for a short title; to provide for an effective date; to provide for contingencies; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

Who sponsors GA SB 631?

Sonya Halpern, Tonya Anderson, Kenya Wicks and 2 others are the primary sponsors of GA SB 631.

Description

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Article 1 of Chapter 2A Title 31 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions of the Department of Public Health, so as to authorize the department to award grants to eligible entities to conduct clinical trials approved by the United States Food and Drug Administration as a part of a multistate consortium using ibogaine as an investigational new drug for the treatment of opioid use disorder, co-occurring substance use disorder, and any other neurological or mental health conditions as related to veterans for which ibogaine demonstrates efficacy; to provide for a short title; to provide for an effective date; to provide for contingencies; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

Introduced
2026-03-23
Latest action
2026-03-25 — Senate Read and Referred
Bill type
bill
Last updated

Subjects

Sponsors

  • Sonya Halpernprimary
  • Tonya Andersonprimary
  • Kenya Wicksprimary
  • Kim Jacksonprimary
  • Elena Parentprimary

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2026-03-23

    Senate Hopper

    introduction

  2. 2026-03-25

    Senate Read and Referred

    referral-committee

Versions

Documents

Votes

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Related bills

No related bills recorded for this bill.

Official source

Attribution

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