--- title: HB 69. Supplemental appropriations; State Fiscal Year July 1, 2024 - June 30, 2025 collection: bills id: 2025-2026/hb69 cite_as: HB 69, 2025-2026 Regular Session (Ga.) canonical_url: https://georgiacommons.org/bills/2025-2026/hb69 md_url: https://georgiacommons.org/bills/2025-2026/hb69.md text_url: https://georgiacommons.org/bills/2025-2026/hb69/text source_url: https://www.legis.ga.gov/legislation/69396 date: 2025-01-27 status: introduced corpus_version: bills-2026-09-13 license: Public record of the Georgia General Assembly, via LegiScan; see about.md publisher: Georgia Commons, an independent project of Georgia Civic Data. Not the State of Georgia. 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Supplemental appropriations; State Fiscal Year July 1, 2024 - June 30, 2025 ## Text House Bill 69 By: Representatives Burns of the 159th, Jones of the 47th, Efstration of the 104th, and Hatchett of the 155th A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT To amend an Act making and providing appropriations for the State Fiscal Year beginning July 1, 2024, and ending June 30, 2025, known as the "General Appropriations Act," Act No. 709, approved May 7, 2024, so as to make, provide, and change certain appropriations for the operation of the state government and its departments, boards, bureaus, commissions, institutions, and other agencies, for the university system, common schools, counties, municipalities, and political subdivisions, for all other governmental activities, projects, and undertakings authorized by law, and for all leases, contracts, agreements, and grants authorized by law; to provide for the control and administration of funds; to provide an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA: PART I An Act making and providing appropriations for the State Fiscal Year beginning July 1, 2024, and ending June 30, 2025, known as the "General Appropriations Act," Act No. 709, approved May 7, 2024, is amended by striking everything following the Part I designation up to but not including the Part II designation and by substituting in lieu thereof the following: "The sums of money hereinafter provided are appropriated for the State Fiscal Year beginning July 1, 2024, and ending June 30, 2025, as prescribed hereinafter for such fiscal year:" PART II This Act shall become effective upon its approval by the Governor or upon its becoming law without such approval. PART III All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are repealed. ## Summaries written by Georgia Commons The following was written by claude-sonnet-5 from the text above and is not part of the bill. Quote the text, not the summary. House Bill 69 would amend Georgia's current-year state budget, the fiscal year 2025 General Appropriations Act, to adjust funding levels for state agencies and programs before the fiscal year ends June 30, 2025. ### Plain-language summary Georgia's legislature passed a state budget for the fiscal year running July 1, 2024 through June 30, 2025, known as Act No. 709 or the General Appropriations Act. This bill is a supplemental appropriations bill, a common yearly tool the General Assembly uses to revise that budget partway through the fiscal year based on updated revenue estimates or funding needs. The text provided replaces the introductory Part I language of the original budget act with a similar restatement that money is appropriated for state government operations, the university system, public schools, counties, municipalities, and other authorized activities for that fiscal year, but it does not include the specific dollar figures or line items that a final version would contain. The bill would take effect immediately upon the Governor's signature or upon becoming law without signature, and it repeals any conflicting laws. ### What it does - Amends Act No. 709, the General Appropriations Act for state fiscal year 2025, which set the current state budget. - Replaces the introductory Part I language of the existing budget act with restated appropriations authority for state departments, schools, counties, and other governmental activities. - Sets the bill's effective date as the moment the Governor signs it or it otherwise becomes law without a signature. - Repeals any existing laws that conflict with the bill's provisions. ### Who it affects State government departments, boards, bureaus, and commissions, the university system, K-12 public schools, counties, municipalities, and other political subdivisions of Georgia that receive funding through the state budget are all potentially affected by adjustments made in this supplemental appropriations bill. ### Why it matters Supplemental budget bills let the General Assembly redirect or adjust state funding mid-year based on updated revenue or needs. Because the text supplied here does not list specific dollar amounts or programs, its concrete day-to-day effects on agencies or services cannot be determined from this version alone. ### Key provisions - Part I amends Act No. 709 by striking the prior Part I text and substituting new appropriations language for state fiscal year 2025, though specific dollar amounts are not shown in this version of the bill. - Part II sets the effective date as the date of the Governor's approval, or the date the bill becomes law without approval. - Part III repeals any laws or parts of laws that conflict with this Act. ## Status - Status: Introduced (2025-01-16) - Last action: House Second Readers (2025-01-27) - Sponsors: Jon Burns, Jan Jones, Chuck Efstration, James Hatchett - Official page: https://www.legis.ga.gov/legislation/69396 > The history, votes, and amendments (129 characters) are at https://georgiacommons.org/bills/2025-2026/hb69.md?full=1