HB 71: General appropriations; State Fiscal Year July 1, 2025 - June 30, 2026

Each year the Georgia General Assembly must pass a general appropriations bill that funds state government operations for the coming fiscal year. House Bill 71 is that bill for the year running from July 1, 2025 to June 30, 2026. It authorizes spending for state departments, boards, commissions, the university system, common schools (K-12 public education), and grants to counties, municipalities, and other political subdivisions. The version of the text supplied here contains only the bill's framing language: a statement that it appropriates funds for the fiscal year, a provision that the law takes effect as soon as the Governor signs it or it becomes law without his signature, and a standard clause repealing any conflicting laws. The specific dollar amounts for each agency and program, which are the substance of any budget bill, are not included in this text.

• Establishes the general state budget for Georgia for the fiscal year from July 1, 2025 through June 30, 2026.
• States that funds are appropriated for state agencies, the university system, common schools, and grants to counties and municipalities, without listing specific dollar amounts in the supplied text.
• Sets the law to take effect as soon as the Governor signs it, or automatically if it becomes law without his signature.
• Repeals any existing Georgia laws that conflict with this budget act.

Every part of Georgia state government depends on this bill, including state agencies, the university system, K-12 public schools, and local governments that receive state grants. State employees, students, and residents who rely on state-funded services are all indirectly affected.

This bill is what actually funds Georgia's government for the year, including schools, universities, and state agencies. Without it or a similar appropriations act, the state would lack legal authority to spend money on these functions, but the supplied text does not show the funding levels themselves.

• Part I states that money is appropriated for state government operations, the university system, common schools, counties, municipalities, and other authorized activities for the 2025-2026 fiscal year.
• Part II sets the effective date as the date the Governor signs the bill, or the date it becomes law without his signature if he does not act.
• Part III repeals any laws that conflict with this appropriations 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
• government funding
• public education funding
• appropriations