HB976: HB976 Supplemental appropriations; State Fiscal Year July 1, 2025 - June 30, 2026

Georgia already has a state budget in place for the fiscal year that runs from July 1, 2025 through June 30, 2026, known as the General Appropriations Act (Act No. 73), which the Governor signed on May 9, 2025. House Bill 976 is a supplemental appropriations bill, meaning it would revise that existing budget partway through the fiscal year rather than create a brand new one. The text supplied replaces the detailed spending list in Part I of the original Act with a placeholder restating that money is appropriated for the fiscal year, which means the specific dollar figures and department-by-department allocations are not shown in this excerpt of the bill. The bill also states it 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.

• Amends Georgia's existing General Appropriations Act (Act No. 73) for the fiscal year running July 1, 2025 to June 30, 2026, to change certain state spending amounts.
• Replaces the itemized funding language in Part I of the original budget act, though the specific dollar amounts are not included in the excerpted bill text.
• Sets the law to take effect immediately upon the Governor's signature or upon becoming law without his signature.
• Repeals any other Georgia laws that conflict with this supplemental appropriations act.

State government departments, boards, bureaus, commissions, and institutions; the University System of Georgia; common schools; counties, municipalities, and other political subdivisions that receive state funding; and anyone who benefits from state contracts, leases, agreements, or grants covered by the original budget act.

Because this is a supplemental appropriations bill, it would change how much money state agencies, schools, local governments, and other publicly funded programs actually receive during the current fiscal year, potentially altering budgets that were already set in motion.

• Part I amends Act No. 73 (the General Appropriations Act for fiscal year 2025-2026) by striking the prior Part I spending provisions and substituting new appropriation language for the same fiscal year.
• Part II states the Act becomes effective upon the Governor's approval or upon becoming law without his signature.
• Part III repeals all laws or parts of laws that conflict with the Act.

1. 2026-01-16House Second Readers (House)
2. 2026-01-15House First Readers (House)
3. 2026-01-15House 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
• supplemental appropriations
• Georgia state spending
• fiscal year 2026