Proposed Budget - Fiscal Year 2025
On January 11, Georgia Governor Brian Kemp released a $66.8 billion all funds budget proposal for fiscal 2025, a decrease of 0.9 percent from the amended fiscal 2024 budget. From state funds the budget proposes spending $36.1 billion in fiscal 2025, a decrease of 3.8 percent compared to the amended fiscal 2024 budget while general funds total $31.3 billion, a decrease of 4.5 percent from amended fiscal 2024. State general fund receipts are projected at $34.4 billion in fiscal 2025, an increase of 2.8 percent over amended fiscal 2024, while total state treasury receipts are estimated at $36.1 billion, a 2.7 percent increase. The Revenue Shortfall Reserve was $5.4 billion at the end of fiscal 2023, maintaining a “filled” status for the third consecutive year; current law provides that the reserve cannot exceed 15 percent of the previous fiscal year’s net revenue. Across state funds appropriated in the budget, the largest categories of spending are dedicated to Educated Georgia (52.2 percent), Healthy Georgia (23.1 percent), Safe Georgia (7.2 percent), and Mobile Georgia (6.6 percent).