---
type: "Bill"
title: "RELATING TO EARLY LEARNING."
description: "Makes an appropriation for the Executive Office on Early Learning to enter into contracts with third-party providers for family-child interaction learning programs. (HB937 CD1)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/hi"
legislature: "Hawaii Legislature"
session: "2017 Regular Session"
identifier: "HB 937"
citation: "Hawaii HB 937 (2017 Regular Session)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Executive Office on Early Learning", "Family-Child Interaction Learning Programs", "Appropriation ($)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["TAKUMI"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 48
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2017-01-23"
last_action: "2017-07-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3b96e089-75ea-4d27-9481-417d64d70544"
source_url: "http://capitol.hawaii.gov/Archives/measure_indiv_Archives.aspx?billtype=HB&billnumber=937&year=2017"
source_hash: "601a56c5f38f20cc4efea1b4a432d50cc36eaae3aa28ddfbf9849ca2fd72beab"
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-hi"]
---

# Hawaii HB 937 (2017 Regular Session) — RELATING TO EARLY LEARNING.

Makes an appropriation for the Executive Office on Early Learning to enter into contracts with third-party providers for family-child interaction learning programs. (HB937 CD1)

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **HB937** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2017/bills/HB937_.HTM)
2. **HB937_CD1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2017/bills/HB937_CD1_.HTM)
3. **HB937_HD1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2017/bills/HB937_HD1_.HTM)

## Votes

- The committees on EDN recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **9–0** (pass) · legislature
- The committees on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. — **14–0** (pass) · legislature
- The committee(s) on WAM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. — **6–0** (pass) · legislature
- The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments. — **3–0** (pass) · legislature
- Passed Final Reading, as amended (CD 1). — **25–0** (pass) · legislature
- The Conference committee recommends that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **3–0** (pass) · legislature
- The committee(s) on EDU recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **4–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- TAKUMI — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2017-01-23** Pending introduction.
- **2017-01-25** Pass First Reading `reading-1`
- **2017-01-27** Referred to EDN, FIN, referral sheet 4 `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-02** Bill scheduled to be heard by EDN on Wednesday, 02-08-17 2:00PM in House conference room 309.
- **2017-02-08** The committees on EDN recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 9 Ayes: Representative(s) Takumi, Har, Creagan, Hashem, Ing, Ohno, Onishi, Woodson, Matsumoto; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and Excused: none. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-02-14** Reported from EDN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 297) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to FIN.
- **2017-02-14** Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on FIN with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and none excused (0). `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2017-02-24** Bill scheduled to be heard by FIN on Tuesday, 02-28-17 3:00PM in House conference room 308.
- **2017-02-28** The committees on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 14 Ayes: Representative(s) Luke, Cullen, Cachola, Choy, Holt, Keohokalole, Kobayashi, LoPresti, Lowen, Nakamura, Tokioka, Quinlan, Yamashita, Ward; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 3 Excused: Representative(s) DeCoite, Gates, Tupola. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-03** Reported from FIN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 938), recommending passage on Third Reading.
- **2017-03-03** Passed Third Reading with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Ichiyama, McDermott excused (2). Transmitted to Senate. `passage`
- **2017-03-07** Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 165). `introduction`
- **2017-03-07** Passed First Reading. `reading-1`
- **2017-03-09** Referred to EDU, WAM. `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-14** The committee(s) on EDU has scheduled a public hearing on 03-17-17 2:55PM in conference room 229.
- **2017-03-17** The committee(s) on EDU recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in EDU were as follows: 4 Aye(s): Senator(s) Kidani, K. Kahele, Dela Cruz, Riviere; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Espero. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-24** Reported from EDU (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1062) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to WAM.
- **2017-03-24** Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to WAM.
- **2017-03-24** The committee(s) on WAM will hold a public decision making on 03-29-17 1:40PM in conference room 211.
- **2017-03-29** The committee(s) on WAM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes in WAM were as follows: 6 Aye(s): Senator(s) Tokuda, Dela Cruz, Galuteria, K. Kahele, Riviere, Shimabukuro; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 5 Excused: Senator(s) English, Harimoto, Inouye, Taniguchi, Wakai. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-06** Reported from WAM (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1478) with recommendation of passage on Third Reading.
- **2017-04-06** One Day Notice 04-07-17.
- **2017-04-07** Report adopted; Passed Third Reading. Ayes, 22; Aye(s) with reservations: none . Noes, 0 (none). Excused, 3 (Senator(s) English, Espero, Wakai). Transmitted to House. `passage`
- **2017-04-07** Returned from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 529) in amended form (SD 1).
- **2017-04-11** House disagrees with Senate amendment (s).
- **2017-04-13** Received notice of disagreement (Hse. Com. No. 584).
- **2017-04-17** House Conferees Appointed: Woodson, Cullen Co-Chairs; Har, Matsumoto.
- **2017-04-17** Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 586).
- **2017-04-18** Senate Conferees Appointed: Kidani Chair; Shimabukuro Co-Chair; K. Kahele.
- **2017-04-18** Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 680).
- **2017-04-20** Conference committee meeting scheduled for 04-21-17 2:45PM in conference room 329.
- **2017-04-21** Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-24-17 3:00PM in conference room 329.
- **2017-04-24** Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-25-17 3:00PM in conference room 329.
- **2017-04-25** Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-26-17 3:00PM in conference room 329.
- **2017-04-26** Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-27-17 3:00PM in conference room 329.
- **2017-04-27** The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments. The votes were as follows: 3 Ayes: Representative(s) Woodson, Cullen, Matsumoto; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Har.
- **2017-04-27** The Conference committee recommends that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes of the Senate Conference Managers were as follows: 3 Aye(s): Senator(s) Kidani, Shimabukuro, K. Kahele; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-28** Reported from Conference Committee (Conf Com. Rep. No. 169) as amended in (CD 1).
- **2017-04-28** Forty-eight (48) hours notice Tuesday, 05-02-17.
- **2017-04-28** Reported from Conference Committee as amended CD 1 (Conf. Com. Rep. No. 169).
- **2017-04-28** 48 Hrs. Notice (as amended CD 1) 05-02-17.
- **2017-05-02** Passed Final Reading, as amended (CD 1). 25 Aye(s); Aye(s) with reservations: none . 0 No(es): none. 0 Excused: none.
- **2017-05-02** Passed Final Reading as amended in CD 1 with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and none excused (0).
- **2017-05-03** Received notice of Final Reading (Sen. Com. No. 737).
- **2017-05-04** Received notice of passage on Final Reading in House (Hse. Com. No. 642).
- **2017-05-03** Transmitted to Governor.
- **2017-07-12** Act 203, 07/11/2017 (Gov. Msg. No. 1317). `executive-signature`
- **2017-07-12** Act 203, on 07/11/2017 (Gov. Msg. No. 1317). `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3b96e089-75ea-4d27-9481-417d64d70544`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Hawaii legislature records).