--- title: HB 976. Supplemental appropriations; State Fiscal Year July 1, 2025 - June 30, 2026 collection: bills id: 2025-2026/hb976 cite_as: HB 976, 2025-2026 Regular Session (Ga.) canonical_url: https://georgiacommons.org/bills/2025-2026/hb976 md_url: https://georgiacommons.org/bills/2025-2026/hb976.md text_url: https://georgiacommons.org/bills/2025-2026/hb976/text source_url: https://www.legis.ga.gov/legislation/72236 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/hb975.md next: https://georgiacommons.org/bills/2025-2026/hb977.md index: https://georgiacommons.org/bills/index.md omitted: votes and history omitted_chars: 129 omitted_url: https://georgiacommons.org/bills/2025-2026/hb976.md?full=1 bill_number: HB 976 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/HB976/2025 upstream_id: 2083430 summaries_model: claude-sonnet-5 topic_tags: - state budget - supplemental appropriations - Georgia state funding - fiscal year 2026 budget --- # HB 976. Supplemental appropriations; State Fiscal Year July 1, 2025 - June 30, 2026 ## Text House Bill 976 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 976 would amend Georgia's already-passed budget for the fiscal year running July 2025 through June 2026, changing specific funding amounts across state agencies, though the supplied text does not list the dollar figures themselves. ### Plain-language summary Georgia already passed a state budget for fiscal year 2026 (July 1, 2025 through June 30, 2026) through the General Appropriations Act, Act No. 73, signed May 9, 2025. This bill is a supplemental appropriations act, meaning it goes back and revises that budget partway through the year, adjusting funding levels for state departments, the university system, public schools, counties, cities, and other government programs. The text provided replaces the detailed funding schedule in Part I of the original act with a new one, but the specific line-item numbers and dollar amounts are not included in the excerpt supplied here. The bill would take effect as soon as the Governor signs it or it becomes law without his signature, and it repeals any existing laws that conflict with it. ### What it does - Amends the FY2026 General Appropriations Act (Act No. 73) by replacing its Part I funding schedule with a revised set of appropriations. - Changes funding levels for state government departments, boards, bureaus, commissions, and institutions, though specific amounts are not shown in the supplied text. - Adjusts funding for the university system, common schools (K-12), counties, municipalities, and other political subdivisions. - Sets the law to take effect immediately upon the Governor's signature or upon becoming law without his signature. - Repeals any existing state laws that conflict with this revised budget. ### Who it affects State government agencies and employees, public universities and colleges, K-12 school districts, county and municipal governments, and any organizations receiving state grants or contracts funded through the state budget would all be affected by revised funding levels. ### Why it matters Because this bill changes an already-enacted budget partway through the fiscal year, it could shift how much money specific state programs, schools, or local governments actually receive to operate between now and June 30, 2026, though the exact changes are not detailed in the provided text. ### Key provisions - Part I strikes the existing funding schedule from Act No. 73 (the original FY2026 budget) and substitutes a new appropriations schedule for the same fiscal year. - Part II makes the act effective immediately upon the Governor's approval, or upon becoming law without his signature if he does not act. - Part III repeals any prior laws that conflict with this amended budget. ## 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/72236 > The history, votes, and amendments (129 characters) are at https://georgiacommons.org/bills/2025-2026/hb976.md?full=1