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40 bills for “General appropriations”.
General Assembly; appropriation of funds received from certain legal judgments or settlements; provide - CA
Summary by Georgia Commons: A proposed Georgia constitutional amendment would require the General Assembly to appropriate money the state receives from legal judgments or settlements, and would require legislative approval for federal funding changes over $10 million, subject to voter ratification.
… Article III, Section IX, Paragraph II of the Constitution is amended by revising subparagraph (b) as follows: "(b)(1) The General Assembly shall annually appropriate those state and …
Supplemental appropriations; State Fiscal Year July 1, 2025 - June 30, 2026
Summary by Georgia Commons: 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.
… 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 …
Supplemental appropriations; State Fiscal Year July 1, 2024 - June 30, 2025
Summary by Georgia Commons: House Bill 70 would amend Georgia's budget for the fiscal year that runs from July 2024 through June 2025, adjusting the state spending plan approved in last year's General Appropriations Act.
… PART I An Act making and providing appropriations for the State Fiscal Year beginning July 1, 2024, and ending June 30, 2025, known as the "General Appropriations Act …
General appropriations; State Fiscal Year July 1, 2026 - June 30, 2027
Summary by Georgia Commons: House Bill 978 is Georgia's proposed state budget bill for the fiscal year running from July 1, 2026 through June 30, 2027, setting spending levels for state government agencies and programs.
… 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, 2026 …
Supplemental appropriations; State Fiscal Year July 1, 2024 - June 30, 2025
Summary by Georgia Commons: House Bill 69 would amend Georgia's current-year state budget, the fiscal year 2025 General Appropriations Act, to adjust funding levels for state agencies and programs before the fiscal year ends June 30, 2025.
… PART I An Act making and providing appropriations for the State Fiscal Year beginning July 1, 2024, and ending June 30, 2025, known as the "General Appropriations Act …
General appropriations; State Fiscal Year July 1, 2025 - June 30, 2026
Summary by Georgia Commons: House Bill 71 is Georgia's annual state budget bill, setting spending for state government from July 1, 2025 through June 30, 2026, though the text provided here does not include the actual dollar figures.
… 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 …
General appropriations; State Fiscal Year July 1, 2026 - June 30, 2027
General appropriations; State Fiscal Year July 1, 2025 - June 30, 2026
General appropriations; State Fiscal Year July 1, 2025 - June 30, 2026
Summary by Georgia Commons: 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.
… 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 …
General appropriations; State Fiscal Year July 1, 2026 - June 30, 2027
Summary by Georgia Commons: House Bill 977 is Georgia's general appropriations bill, setting the state budget for the fiscal year running July 1, 2026 through June 30, 2027, funding every state agency and program.
… 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, 2026 …
General Assembly; appropriate an additional $2 million annually to the Georgia Pregnancy and Early Childhood Home Visiting Program; urge
Summary by Georgia Commons: A Georgia House resolution urges the General Assembly to redirect about $2 million a year from crisis pregnancy centers to the Georgia Pregnancy and Early Childhood Home Visiting Program, without adding new state spending.
… NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES that members of this body urge the General Assembly to appropriate an additional $2 million annually to the …
General Assembly; appropriate an additional $2 million annually to the Georgia Pregnancy and Early Childhood Home Visiting Program; urge
Summary by Georgia Commons: A Georgia Senate resolution urges lawmakers to redirect about $2 million a year from crisis pregnancy centers to the Georgia Pregnancy and Early Childhood Home Visiting Program, which sends nurses or visitors to at-risk families.
… NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE SENATE that members of this body urge the General Assembly to appropriate an additional $2 million annually to the Georgia Home …
Governor Brian P. Kemp; immediately release funds withheld through executive budget disregards issued against House Bill 974; urge
Summary by Georgia Commons: A House resolution urges Governor Brian Kemp to release more than $344 million in state funds he withheld from the 2027 budget using 'executive budget disregards' instead of the constitution's line-item veto.
… Kemp, the Lieutenant Governor, the President Pro Tempore of the Georgia Senate, the Attorney General, the Office of Planning and Budget, the Senate Appropriations Committee, the House Appropriations …
Children First Trust Fund; creation; authorize General Assembly - CA
Summary by Georgia Commons: A Georgia Senate resolution would ask voters to amend the state Constitution to create a Children First Trust Fund, seeded with a one-time $2 billion transfer from the state's Revenue Shortfall Reserve to help pay for child care.
… The General Assembly shall be authorized, but not required, to appropriate additional amounts into such fund. All moneys appropriated into the Children First Trust Fund shall not be …
Conservation and natural resources; outdoor stewardship; eliminate reductions in appropriations
Summary by Georgia Commons: House Bill 919 would remove the rules that automatically cut state funding to Georgia's Outdoor Stewardship Trust Fund when sporting goods sales tax revenue drops, keeping the fund's 40 percent appropriation steady.
… to eliminate reductions in appropriations; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA: SECTION …
Supplemental appropriations; State Fiscal Year July 1, 2025 - June 30, 2026
Summary by Georgia Commons: 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.
… 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 …
General Assembly; creation of Georgia's Children First Trust Fund; authorize - CA
Summary by Georgia Commons: A Georgia House resolution would ask voters to amend the state constitution to create a Georgia's Children First Trust Fund, seeded with a one-time $3 billion transfer from the state's reserve fund to pay for child care assistance.
… The General Assembly shall be authorized, but not required, to appropriate additional amounts into such fund. All moneys appropriated into the Georgia's Children First Trust Fund shall …
Georgia Ready to Learn Act; enact
Summary by Georgia Commons: A Georgia House bill would direct the state to create a pilot program extending Georgia's Pre-K Program to three-year-olds, funded through lottery money and set to expire in 2032.
… appropriate by the department for three-year-old children. (b) No later than December 1 following each fiscal year in which funds are appropriated by the General Assembly …
Supplemental appropriations; State Fiscal Year July 1, 2025 - June 30, 2026
Supplemental appropriations; State Fiscal Year July 1, 2024 - June 30, 2025
Budget and Fiscal Affairs Oversight Committee of the House of Representatives; establish
Summary by Georgia Commons: House Bill 1178 would create a 19-member Budget and Fiscal Affairs Oversight Committee in the Georgia House of Representatives to review state spending, agency performance, and strategic plans between legislative sessions.
… The chairperson of the committee shall prepare written executive summaries of such report prior to the adoption of the General Appropriations Act each year. The committee shall not …
Medical assistance; pilot program to provide coverage under Medicaid program for doula care for pregnant Medicaid recipients; provide
Summary by Georgia Commons: A Georgia House bill would create a pilot program letting Medicaid cover doula care for pregnant recipients, paying for up to five visits before, during, and after childbirth, but only if lawmakers set aside specific funding for it.
… a specific appropriation of funds for purposes of this Act, as expressed in a line item making specific reference to such Act in a General Appropriations Act enacted …
Elections and Primaries; Secretary of State to establish a grant program to assist counties with offsetting half of the cost associated with special elections; provide
Summary by Georgia Commons: A Georgia Senate bill would direct the Secretary of State to create a grant program that pays counties back for half the cost of running special elections to fill state or federal offices.
… relating to elections and primaries generally, so as to provide for the Secretary of State to establish a grant program, subject to appropriations, to assist counties with offsetting …
Medical Assistance; authorization of appropriations for obtaining federal financial participation for medical assistance payments to providers of Medicaid expansion; provide
Summary by Georgia Commons: A Georgia Senate bill would authorize state funding to draw down federal Medicaid dollars for expanding Medicaid coverage under the Affordable Care Act, but only if the federal government keeps paying at least 90 percent of the cost.
… Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to medical assistance generally, so as to provide for the authorization of appropriations for the purposes of obtaining federal financial participation for …
Medical assistance; pilot program to provide coverage under Medicaid program for doula care for pregnant Medicaid recipients; provide
Summary by Georgia Commons: A Georgia House bill would create a pilot program letting Medicaid cover doula care for pregnant recipients, paying for up to five visits per person, but only if lawmakers separately fund it.
… a specific appropriation of funds for purposes of this Act, as expressed in a line item making specific reference to such Act in a General Appropriations Act enacted …
Georgia Childcare for Economic Well-Being Act; enact
Summary by Georgia Commons: House Bill 1147 would create a state grant program to help cover the gap between what child care providers charge and what Georgia's CAPS subsidy program actually pays them, but only if lawmakers set aside specific funding for it.
… provide for contingent effectiveness upon appropriation of funds; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA: SECTION 1. This …
Daniel Waters Act; enact
Summary by Georgia Commons: House Bill 1250, the Daniel Waters Act, would require certain Georgia hospitals to offer perinatal bereavement counseling and cooling devices to families after a fetal death, neonatal death, or stillbirth, but only if the legislature funds it.
… funds are specifically appropriated for purposes of this Act in an appropriations Act enacted by the General Assembly. (b) If funds are so appropriated, then this Act shall …
General Assembly; provide by general law for local grant and adjustment programs; authorize
Summary by Georgia Commons: A Georgia House resolution would ask voters to amend the state Constitution to remove the current $18,000 cap on the Homeowner's Incentive Adjustment property tax break and let local governments and school systems create their own local versions.
… by general law. <ins>The General Assembly by general law may authorize local governments and local school systems to establish local grant programs and to appropriate local tax …
Public assistance; certain accounting practices by Department of Human Services and Department of Community Health; provide
Summary by Georgia Commons: House Bill 1192 would require the Department of Human Services and the Department of Community Health to keep specially designated funds separate and report annually on cost savings, but it was vetoed by the Governor.
… All funds appropriated or allocated to the department or to the county departments by the General Assembly, the fiscal authorities of the respective counties, and by the federal …
Sports Betting and Casino Gambling Activities; operation and regulation; authorize the Georgia General Assembly - CA
Summary by Georgia Commons: A proposed Georgia constitutional amendment would let the General Assembly legalize and regulate sports betting and casino gambling, require at least eight casino licenses, tax gambling revenue at 20 percent, and send billions to county governments.
… Thereafter, all such additional proceeds that are paid into the Georgia Gaming Proceeds Fund shall be appropriated by the General Assembly for any purpose; provided, however, that: (A …
Insurance; group or individual accident and sickness plans; provisions
Summary by Georgia Commons: House Bill 1122 would require Georgia health insurance plans, the state health benefit plan, and Medicaid to cover peripheral artery disease screening tests once a year for people at higher risk of the disease.
… upon appropriations by the General Assembly; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA: SECTION 1. The General Assembly …
General Assembly; authorize sports betting in Georgia; provide by law - CA
Summary by Georgia Commons: House Resolution 450 would ask Georgia voters to amend the state constitution to legalize sports betting, letting the General Assembly regulate it and directing tax proceeds mainly to pre-kindergarten programs, HOPE-related education funding, and gambling addiction services.
… In the General Appropriations Act adopted by the General Assembly, the General Assembly shall appropriate all net proceeds of the <del>lottery or</del> lotteries <ins>and all …
Hearn, Major General George J., Jr.; honoring life, military service, and civic contributions; condolences
Summary by Georgia Commons: A Georgia House resolution honors the life, military service, and civic contributions of Major General George J. Hearn, Jr. of Monroe, and recommends naming the new Monroe National Guard readiness center in his honor.
… directed to make appropriate copies of this resolution available for distribution to the family of Major General George J. Hearn, Jr., to the Adjutant General of Georgia, and …
Revenue and taxation; increase tax rate on each pack of cigarettes
Summary by Georgia Commons: House Bill 83 would raise Georgia's excise tax on a pack of cigarettes from 37 cents to 57 cents, with lawmakers stating the added revenue is intended for healthcare spending.
… appropriated for healthcare purposes; to provide for related matters; to provide for effective dates; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL …
Better Georgia Without Blight Act; enact
Summary by Georgia Commons: House Bill 753 would create the Better Georgia Without Blight Fund, a state program to give local governments loans, grants, and technical help to fix up blighted properties, if lawmakers later fund it.
… funds are specifically appropriated for the purposes of this Act in an appropriations Act enacted by the General Assembly. (b) If funds are so appropriated, then this Act …
Elections; publication of calls of election on newspaper and government websites; provide
Summary by Georgia Commons: A Georgia House bill would let counties, cities, school systems and the Secretary of State satisfy legal notice requirements for special elections by posting the call on a government website instead of only in a printed newspaper.
… such affirmative action." <ins>"(13.1) 'Newspaper' means a publication of general circulation within the appropriate area or available on a public website whether free of charge or …
Insurance; rental home marketplace guarantees from the definition of property insurance; exempt
Summary by Georgia Commons: Senate Bill 503 would require Georgia's health plans for state employees, public school teachers and University System employees to cover medically necessary orthotic and prosthetic devices starting in 2027, but only if lawmakers set aside money to pay for it.
… funds are specifically appropriated for purposes of this Act in an appropriations Act enacted by the General Assembly. (b) If funds are so appropriated, then this Act shall …
Social services; expansion of Medicaid; provide
Summary by Georgia Commons: A Georgia House bill would direct the Department of Community Health to seek federal approval to expand Medicaid to more low-income adults, covering people aged 19 to 64 earning up to 138 percent of the federal poverty level.
… Annotated, relating to medical assistance generally, so as to provide for the expansion of Medicaid; to provide for definitions; to provide for appropriations; to authorize the Department of …
"Veterans Mental Health Innovations Act"; enact
Summary by Georgia Commons: A Georgia Senate bill would let the Department of Public Health award grants to fund clinical trials using ibogaine to treat opioid use disorder and other mental health conditions in veterans, but only if the General Assembly specifically funds it.
… funds are specifically appropriated for purposes of this Act in an appropriations Act enacted by the General Assembly. (b) If funds are so appropriated, then this Act shall …
Torts; cause of action against the knowing and unauthorized use of an individual's photograph or image together with representations of nudity or sexually explicit conduct; provide
Summary by Georgia Commons: A Georgia Senate bill would let the Attorney General or local prosecutors sue people who knowingly use someone's photo combined with nude or sexually explicit images without permission, with civil penalties up to $10,000 per violation.
… For violations of this Code section, the Attorney General or an appropriate prosecuting attorney shall be authorized to seek injunctive relief, civil penalties up to $10,000.00 …