HB 976: Supplemental appropriations; State Fiscal Year July 1, 2025 - June 30, 2026

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.

• 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.

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.

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.

• 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.

1. 2026-01-16House Second Readers (Cámara de Representantes)
2. 2026-01-15House First Readers (Cámara de Representantes)
3. 2026-01-15House Hopper (Cámara de Representantes)

• Jon Burns (R, HD-159)Patrocinador principal
• Jan Jones (R, HD-047)
• Chuck Efstration (R, HD-104)
• James Hatchett (R, HD-155)

• state budget
• supplemental appropriations
• Georgia state funding
• fiscal year 2026 budget