HB69: HB69 Supplemental appropriations; State Fiscal Year July 1, 2024 - June 30, 2025

Each year the Georgia General Assembly passes a General Appropriations Act that sets how much money state government departments, schools, universities, counties, and other agencies can spend. This bill amends that existing law (Act No. 709, approved May 7, 2024) for the fiscal year that began July 1, 2024 and ends June 30, 2025. The bill replaces the introductory language of Part I of the original appropriations act with updated wording, which in the full version of a supplemental budget bill would be followed by detailed dollar figures for state agencies, though those specific funding tables are not included in the text supplied here. The bill would take effect as soon as the Governor signs it or it otherwise becomes law without his signature, and it repeals any other state laws that conflict with it.

• Amends the General Appropriations Act (Act No. 709) that funds Georgia state government for the fiscal year July 1, 2024 through June 30, 2025.
• Replaces the introductory appropriations language in Part I of that existing budget law with new wording covering the same fiscal year.
• Sets the law to take effect as soon as the Governor signs it or it becomes law without his signature.
• Repeals any other Georgia laws or parts of laws that conflict with this bill.

State government departments, boards, bureaus, commissions, and institutions; the university system; common schools; counties and municipalities; and any other government activities or programs funded through the state budget for this fiscal year.

Supplemental appropriations bills let the state adjust spending mid-year as needs or revenue estimates change. This bill's text as supplied does not include specific dollar changes, but it formally reopens and amends the current year's state budget law.

• Part I strikes the current introductory appropriations language of the existing General Appropriations Act and replaces it with new wording for the same fiscal year.
• Part II sets the effective date as the date of the Governor's approval or the date the bill becomes law without his signature.
• Part III repeals any conflicting state laws.

1. 2025-01-27House Second Readers (House)
2. 2025-01-17House First Readers (House)
3. 2025-01-16House Hopper (House)

• Jon Burns (R, HD-159)Primary sponsor
• Jan Jones (R, HD-047)
• Chuck Efstration (R, HD-104)
• James Hatchett (R, HD-155)

• state budget
• government funding
• appropriations
• state agencies