HB70: HB70 Supplemental appropriations; State Fiscal Year July 1, 2024 - June 30, 2025

Each year the Georgia General Assembly passes a General Appropriations Act that sets the state budget, and it often follows up with a supplemental bill partway through the fiscal year to revise those numbers as revenue and needs change. House Bill 70 is that kind of supplemental measure for the fiscal year that began July 1, 2024, and ends June 30, 2025. The bill amends Act No. 709, the original General Appropriations Act for that fiscal year, by replacing the detailed spending schedule in Part I with a new one. The text supplied here does not include the actual dollar figures or line items in the replacement schedule, so the specific changes to individual agency, school, or program funding cannot be determined from this excerpt. The bill would take effect as soon as the Governor signs it or it otherwise becomes law without his signature, and it repeals any conflicting laws.

• Amends Georgia's existing General Appropriations Act (Act No. 709) for the fiscal year running July 1, 2024 to June 30, 2025.
• Strikes the current Part I spending schedule of that Act and replaces it with a new appropriations schedule.
• Sets the law to take effect immediately upon the Governor's signature or upon becoming law without his signature.
• Repeals any other Georgia laws that conflict with its provisions.

State government departments, boards, bureaus, commissions, and institutions; the university system; common schools; counties and municipalities; and any political subdivisions or programs that receive state funding through the general appropriations process.

Because this is a supplemental budget bill, it would adjust how much state money flows to schools, universities, local governments, and state agencies for the rest of the current fiscal year, though the specific dollar changes are not included in the text provided.

• Part I amends Act No. 709 (the FY2025 General Appropriations Act) by striking its existing spending schedule and substituting a new one, though the new schedule's specific figures are not shown in this excerpt.
• Part II makes the Act effective upon the Governor's approval or upon its becoming law without his approval.
• Part III repeals all laws or parts of laws that conflict with the Act.

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
• appropriations
• government funding
• fiscal year 2025