--- title: HB 72. General appropriations; State Fiscal Year July 1, 2025 - June 30, 2026 collection: bills id: 2025-2026/hb72 cite_as: HB 72, 2025-2026 Regular Session (Ga.) canonical_url: https://georgiacommons.org/bills/2025-2026/hb72 md_url: https://georgiacommons.org/bills/2025-2026/hb72.md text_url: https://georgiacommons.org/bills/2025-2026/hb72/text source_url: https://www.legis.ga.gov/legislation/69399 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. Not legal advice. up: https://georgiacommons.org/bills/2025-2026.md previous: https://georgiacommons.org/bills/2025-2026/hb71.md next: https://georgiacommons.org/bills/2025-2026/hb73.md index: https://georgiacommons.org/bills/index.md omitted: votes and history omitted_chars: 129 omitted_url: https://georgiacommons.org/bills/2025-2026/hb72.md?full=1 bill_number: HB 72 session: 2025-2026 Regular Session session_slug: 2025-2026 chamber: House bill_type: bill status_date: 2025-01-16 last_action: House Second Readers sponsors: - Jon Burns - Jan Jones - Chuck Efstration - James Hatchett text_version: Introduced has_text: true legiscan_url: https://legiscan.com/GA/bill/HB72/2025 upstream_id: 1926403 summaries_model: claude-sonnet-5 topic_tags: - state budget - appropriations - public schools funding - university system funding - local government funding --- # HB 72. General appropriations; State Fiscal Year July 1, 2025 - June 30, 2026 ## Text House Bill 72 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 make and provide appropriations for the State Fiscal Year beginning July 1, 2025, and ending June 30, 2026; to make and provide such 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 The sums of money hereinafter provided are appropriated for the State Fiscal Year beginning July 1, 2025, and ending June 30, 2026, 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 72 is Georgia's general appropriations bill, setting the state budget for the fiscal year running July 1, 2025 through June 30, 2026, though this version does not include the detailed spending tables. ### Plain-language summary House Bill 72 is the annual state budget bill for Georgia, covering the fiscal year that starts July 1, 2025 and ends June 30, 2026. Its purpose is to appropriate, meaning legally authorize, state funding for the operation of state government agencies, the university system, common schools (K-12 public education), counties, municipalities, and other governmental activities and programs. The text supplied here contains the bill's introductory and closing language rather than the line-item funding tables that would normally list specific dollar amounts for each agency and program. It states that the appropriations are for the fiscal year described, that the law would take effect as soon as the Governor signs it or it becomes law without his signature, and that any existing laws conflicting with it are repealed. ### What it does - Authorizes state funding for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2025 and ending June 30, 2026, covering state agencies, the university system, and public schools. - Authorizes funding for counties, municipalities, and other political subdivisions of the state. - 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 laws that conflict with the appropriations set out in this Act. ### Who it affects State government departments, boards, bureaus, and commissions; the University System of Georgia; K-12 public schools; county and municipal governments; and any other entity receiving state funding through grants, contracts, or leases authorized by law. ### Why it matters This bill funds the day-to-day operation of Georgia state government for a full year, including schools, universities, and local governments. Without it or a similar appropriations act, agencies would lack legal authority to spend state money on their programs and services. ### Key provisions - Part I states that funds are appropriated for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2025 and ending June 30, 2026, as prescribed by the (unincluded) detailed budget sections. - Part II sets the effective date as upon the Governor's approval or upon becoming law without his signature. - Part III repeals any laws in conflict with this appropriations 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/69399 > The history, votes, and amendments (129 characters) are at https://georgiacommons.org/bills/2025-2026/hb72.md?full=1