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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Early Learning Collaborative; increase minimum funding levels for full-day and half-day programs."
+description: "Early Learning Collaborative; increase minimum funding levels for full-day and half-day programs."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ms"
+legislature: "Mississippi Legislature"
+session: "2023"
+identifier: "HB 817"
+citation: "Mississippi HB 817 (2023)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Appropriations", "Education"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["McCarty"]
+version_count: 5
+action_count: 20
+vote_count: 4
+first_action: "2023-01-16T06:00:00+00:00"
+last_action: "2023-04-17T05:00:00+00:00"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/08149a9d-bb4c-40d6-978a-b0c2b8a1fb5a"
+source_url: "http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/2023/pdf/House_authors/Bennett.xml"
+source_hash: "522d068ec486fb049112f06fae894006290db07ec5df1820ff775c24fd47f813"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ms"]
+---
+
+# Mississippi HB 817 (2023) — Early Learning Collaborative; increase minimum funding levels for full-day and half-day programs.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **As Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2023/html/HB/0800-0899/HB0817IN.htm)
+2. **Amendment No 1 (Adopted) (Voice Vote)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2023/pdf/sam/HB0817_S_Amend_01.pdf)
+3. **Amendment Report for House Bill No. 817** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2023/pdf/sam/Amendment_Report_for_HB0817.pdf)
+4. **As Passed the lower** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2023/html/HB/0800-0899/HB0817PS.htm)
+5. **Current version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2023/html/HB/0800-0899/HB0817SG.htm)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Adopt Conference Report — **113–5** (pass) · lower
+- Passage as Amended — **48–2** (pass) · upper
+- Adopt Conference Report — **51–1** (pass) · upper
+- Passage — **111–5** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- McCarty — primary (person)
+- Bennett — cosponsor (person)
+- Hulum — cosponsor (person)
+- McLean — cosponsor (person)
+- Summers — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2023-01-16T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Education `referral-committee`
+- **2023-01-25T06:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass `committee-passage`
+- **2023-02-06T06:00:00+00:00** Passed `passage`
+- **2023-02-07T06:00:00+00:00** Transmitted To Senate `introduction`
+- **2023-02-14T06:00:00+00:00** Referred To Education;Appropriations `referral-committee`
+- **2023-02-28T06:00:00+00:00** DR - TSDP: ED To AP
+- **2023-02-28T06:00:00+00:00** Title Suff Do Pass `committee-passage`
+- **2023-03-08T06:00:00+00:00** Amended `amendment-passage`
+- **2023-03-08T06:00:00+00:00** Passed As Amended `passage`
+- **2023-03-09T06:00:00+00:00** Returned For Concurrence
+- **2023-03-14T05:00:00+00:00** Decline to Concur/Invite Conf
+- **2023-03-22T05:00:00+00:00** Conferees Named Bennett,McCarty,Felsher
+- **2023-03-23T05:00:00+00:00** Conferees Named DeBar,Wiggins,Polk
+- **2023-03-25T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Filed
+- **2023-03-25T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Filed
+- **2023-03-26T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Adopted
+- **2023-03-29T05:00:00+00:00** Conference Report Adopted
+- **2023-03-31T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
+- **2023-04-03T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled Bill Signed
+- **2023-04-17T05:00:00+00:00** Approved by Governor `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/08149a9d-bb4c-40d6-978a-b0c2b8a1fb5a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Mississippi legislature records).
+