--- title: HB 975. Supplemental appropriations; State Fiscal Year July 1, 2025 - June 30, 2026 collection: bills id: 2025-2026/hb975 cite_as: HB 975, 2025-2026 Regular Session (Ga.) canonical_url: https://georgiacommons.org/bills/2025-2026/hb975 md_url: https://georgiacommons.org/bills/2025-2026/hb975.md text_url: https://georgiacommons.org/bills/2025-2026/hb975/text source_url: https://www.legis.ga.gov/legislation/72235 date: 2026-01-16 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/hb974.md next: https://georgiacommons.org/bills/2025-2026/hb976.md index: https://georgiacommons.org/bills/index.md omitted: votes and history omitted_chars: 129 omitted_url: https://georgiacommons.org/bills/2025-2026/hb975.md?full=1 bill_number: HB 975 session: 2025-2026 Regular Session session_slug: 2025-2026 chamber: House bill_type: bill status_date: 2026-01-15 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/HB975/2025 upstream_id: 2083476 summaries_model: claude-sonnet-5 topic_tags: - state budget - appropriations - supplemental funding - Georgia General Assembly --- # HB 975. Supplemental appropriations; State Fiscal Year July 1, 2025 - June 30, 2026 ## Text House Bill 975 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, 2025, and ending June 30, 2026, known as the "General Appropriations Act," Act No. 73, approved May 9, 2025, 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, 2025, and ending June 30, 2026, known as the "General Appropriations Act," Act No. 73, approved May 9, 2025, 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, 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 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. ### Plain-language summary 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 it 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. ## Status - Status: Introduced (2026-01-15) - Last action: House Second Readers (2026-01-16) - Sponsors: Jon Burns, Jan Jones, Chuck Efstration, James Hatchett - Official page: https://www.legis.ga.gov/legislation/72235 > The history, votes, and amendments (129 characters) are at https://georgiacommons.org/bills/2025-2026/hb975.md?full=1