Georgia CommonsHB 70: Supplemental appropriations; State Fiscal Year July 1, 2024 - June 30, 2025
Last action January 27, 2025 · House Second Readers
House Bill 70 would amend Georgia's budget for the fiscal year that runs from July 2024 through June 2025, adjusting the state spending plan approved in last year's General Appropriations Act.
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In plain language
Georgia lawmakers passed a General Appropriations Act (Act No. 709) in 2024 setting the state budget for the fiscal year running July 1, 2024 through June 30, 2025. This bill is a supplemental appropriations bill, meaning it goes back and changes that existing budget partway through the fiscal year, a routine step Georgia legislators take most sessions to adjust funding levels as revenue and needs become clearer. The text supplied here shows the bill's structure rather than its detailed dollar figures: it directs that the portion of the 2024 Act between the Part I and Part II designations be struck and replaced with updated appropriations language, but the specific funding amounts for state agencies, schools, and other programs are not included in this excerpt. The bill would take effect as soon as the Governor signs it, or if it becomes law without his signature, and it repeals any conflicting laws.
What the bill does
- Amends the existing General Appropriations Act (Act No. 709) that funds Georgia state government for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2025.
- Replaces the Part I section of the prior budget act, which lists specific appropriations, with new appropriations language.
- Sets the law to take effect immediately upon the Governor's approval, or automatically if it becomes law without his signature.
- Repeals any existing laws that conflict with the new appropriations.
Who it affects
State government departments, boards, bureaus, commissions, and institutions; the university system; common schools; counties, municipalities, and other political subdivisions; and anyone receiving funding through state leases, contracts, agreements, or grants covered by the fiscal year 2025 budget.
Why it matters
Because this bill changes the state's already-approved budget partway through the fiscal year, it can shift how much money specific agencies, schools, or local governments actually receive to operate before June 30, 2025. The version of the text available here does not show the specific dollar changes.
Key provisions
- Part I strikes the existing appropriations detail from Act No. 709 (approved May 7, 2024) and substitutes new appropriations for the fiscal year running July 1, 2024 to June 30, 2025.
- 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 laws or parts of laws that conflict with this Act.
From the bill
“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:”
Status timeline
- House Second Readers (House)
- House First Readers (House)
- House Hopper (House)
Sponsors
- Jon Burns (R, HD-159)
- Jan Jones (R, HD-047)
- Chuck Efstration (R, HD-104)
- James Hatchett (R, HD-155)
Topics
- state budget
- government funding
- supplemental appropriations
- Georgia General Assembly