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Senate passes amended state budget, earmarks $409 million for new state mental‑health hospital
Summary
The Georgia Senate passed an amended fiscal 2026 budget that reallocates roughly $4 billion from the prior plan and sets aside $409 million for a new state mental‑health hospital, increases transportation and education line items, and advances the bill to a conference with the House.
The Georgia Senate on Friday approved an amended state budget that the chamber’s Appropriations chairman said totals about $42 billion and shifts roughly $4 billion from the prior fiscal plan to meet new priorities.
Senator (19th District), the Appropriations chairman, told colleagues the Senate package devotes about $2 billion to road projects, roughly $600 million for targeted employee one‑time pay increases, and $409 million to build what he described as the state’s first new mental‑health hospital since the 1960s. "We've been hearing from…
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