Georgia state legislature budget. This proposed budget and an amended version of the current years budget are detailed in the governors annual budget reports. Starting on tuesday georgia senate budget subcommittees will begin examining the spending cuts state agency heads have offered. The purpose of the office is to give the senate the independent capacity to develop the annual budget for the state of georgia and to evaluate the programs comprising the state budget.
A storied history has transformed georgias budget process over the years. Today the development of the state budget occurs in several distinct and cyclical phases each year. The house budget office produces budget tracking sheets for all stages of the budget in each fiscal year.
The senate passed an updated budget proposal yesterday evening and the house approved 22 billion in budget cuts today. The general assembly has operated continuously since 1777 when georgia became one of the thirteen original states and revoked its status as a colony of great britain. The other appropriations bill is the budget for the upcoming fiscal year fy which begins on july 1 and ends june 30 of the next calendar year.
On sine die the last day of the legislative session the georgia house and senate approved the states fiscal year fy 2021 budget which begins on july 1. The senate budget and evaluation office sbeo was created during the 2003 session and legislation formally creating the office was passed in 2008. Pdf versions of the current and previous budget reports are available to download below.
Since the general assembly is the legislative body for the state the location of its meetings has moved along with each move of the state capitol. The georgia senate appropriations committee met wednesday morning to discuss changes to house bill 793 which details the states budget for fiscal year fy 2021while the committee made some changes and reductions to previously proposed budget cuts this new proposal still includes deep cuts that touch nearly every service and program georgians rely on.