HB911 enacts Georgia’s 2022-2023 fiscal year budget, spending a record $30.2 billion dollars, which is nearly an 11% increase from the previous year’s budget. The budget escalation is due to an increase in spending on public education, teacher raises, improvements to state’s healthcare system, pay raises for state employees, and capital construction projects.
The Georgia State House of Representatives passed HB911 on April 4, 2022 by a vote of 160 to 5. We have assigned pluses to the nays because this budget greatly expands the size of government and is aided by federal government support, which is not authorized under Art. 1 Sec. 8 of the US. Constitution.