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House adopts FY26 budget; restores mental‑health school funding, boosts corrections spending
Summary
The Georgia House on Day 40 adopted the conference committee report on House Bill 68, approving a budget that funds the Promise scholarship, restores Apex mental‑health funding to DBHDD, boosts Department of Corrections funding and adds several education and rural health items.
The Georgia House on Day 40 adopted the conference committee report for House Bill 68, the fiscal 2026 state budget, approving the conference committee substitute after floor remarks from the budget chair and a brief round of questions from representatives.
"Y'all, it's been a journey to get to this point on the FY26 budget, but we have arrived," Representative Matt Hatchett, chairman of the House budget committee, said as he presented the report and asked for the body's favorable consideration. The House adopted the committee's recommendation by recorded vote: yeas 170, nays 5.
The conference report, Hatchett said, preserves the chamber's priorities on public safety and education and aligns House, Senate and governor positions on several items. Among the line items Hatchett highlighted: full funding for the Georgia…
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