Georgia CommonsHouse · Introduced · 2025-2026 Regular Session
HB 975: Supplemental appropriations; State Fiscal Year July 1, 2025 - June 30, 2026
Last action January 16, 2026 · House Second Readers
House Bill 975 would let the Georgia General Assembly revise this year's state budget, amending the general appropriations act signed into law for the fiscal year that runs from July 2025 to June 2026.
The summaries below were written by an AI model (claude-sonnet-5) from the text of the bill and are not part of it. Quote the text, not the summary. The stored text is the Introduced version, the latest the General Assembly's website lists.
In plain language
Georgia's state budget for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2025, and ending June 30, 2026, was set earlier by the General Appropriations Act (Act No. 73). This bill would amend that existing budget law with a supplemental appropriations act, meaning lawmakers are adjusting spending amounts already approved for state agencies, the university system, public schools, and other government programs. The text provided restates the standard opening language used to introduce a new set of appropriations figures, replacing the prior Part I of the budget act, but the specific dollar amounts and line items for departments, boards, and programs are not included in the excerpt available here. The bill would take effect as soon as the Governor signs it or it otherwise becomes law without his signature, and it repeals any existing laws that conflict with it.
What the bill does
- Amends Georgia's existing FY2026 General Appropriations Act (Act No. 73) by replacing its Part I spending provisions with a new version.
- Sets up a supplemental appropriations process to adjust funding levels already approved for state government operations, the university system, schools, and local governments.
- Provides that the law takes effect immediately upon the Governor's signature or automatically if he does not act.
- Repeals any prior laws or parts of laws that conflict with the new appropriations text.
Who it affects
State government departments, boards, and agencies, the University System of Georgia, public school systems, counties, municipalities, and other political subdivisions that receive state funding all depend on the appropriations levels this bill would revise.
Why it matters
Because this bill changes the state's already-enacted budget, it directly affects how much money flows to schools, universities, state agencies, and local governments for the rest of the fiscal year, though the specific dollar changes are not shown in the available text.
Key provisions
- Part I amends Act No. 73 by striking the current Part I appropriations language and substituting new appropriations text for the fiscal year July 1, 2025 through June 30, 2026.
- Part II sets the effective date as the date of the Governor's approval, or automatic enactment if he does not sign or veto it.
- Part III repeals any laws in conflict with this act.
From the bill
“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”
Discussed in meetings (3)
The House and Senate meetings that took this bill up, from their machine transcripts. Each account was written by Georgia Commons with AI and is not part of the record; the video is what was said.
Senate Rules Committee, March 30, 2026
From 0:34:30 · Watch on the General Assembly's Vimeo channel
Summary by Georgia Commons: The chair initially told members to add HB 975 to the selection sheet during a discussion of school physicals and career academies. After the sponsor clarified the intended numbers, the chair told members to remove HB 975 and said the chair did not know what it concerned. No substantive presentation or calendar approval followed.
Status timeline
- House Second Readers (House)
- House First Readers (House)
- House Hopper (House)
Sponsors
- Jon Burns (R, HD-159)
- Jan Jones (R, HD-47)
- Chuck Efstration (R, HD-104)
- Matt Hatchett (R, HD-155)
Topics
- state budget
- appropriations
- supplemental funding
- Georgia General Assembly