---
type: "Bill"
title: "RELATING TO THE SCHOOL FACILITIES AUTHORITY."
description: "Explicitly includes prekindergarten facilities within the scope of authority of the School Facilities Authority. Transfers $200,000,000 of general funds previously appropriated to the School Facilities Authority of the Department of Education to the School Facilities Special Fund for FY 2023-2024. Appropriates funds out of the School Facilities Special Fund for the School Facilities Authority to expand access to eligible children for prekindergarten. (CD1)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/hi"
legislature: "Hawaii Legislature"
session: "2023 Regular Session"
identifier: "HB 960"
citation: "Hawaii HB 960 (2023 Regular Session)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["DOE", "Expenditure Ceiling ($)", "Fund Transfers", "Prekindergarten Facilities", "School Facilities Authority"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["CHUN", "COCHRAN", "GARRETT", "HASHIMOTO", "HOLT", "ICHIYAMA", "ILAGAN", "KAHALOA", "KILA", "KITAGAWA", "LAMOSAO", "LOWEN", "MARTEN", "MORIKAWA", "ONISHI", "POEPOE", "SAYAMA", "TAKAYAMA", "TAKENOUCHI", "TARNAS", "TODD", "YAMASHITA"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 51
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2023-01-23"
last_action: "2023-07-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/448c5553-6017-49c3-b70d-042516a9b582"
source_url: "https://capitol.hawaii.gov/session/measure_indiv.aspx?billtype=HB&billnumber=960&year=2023"
source_hash: "a2230225d55a922c0ac6d2176a7f7ac3147611efd74c6cec9e30893026004553"
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 960 (2023 Regular Session) — RELATING TO THE SCHOOL FACILITIES AUTHORITY.

Explicitly includes prekindergarten facilities within the scope of authority of the School Facilities Authority. Transfers $200,000,000 of general funds previously appropriated to the School Facilities Authority of the Department of Education to the School Facilities Special Fund for FY 2023-2024. Appropriates funds out of the School Facilities Special Fund for the School Facilities Authority to expand access to eligible children for prekindergarten. (CD1)

## Version chain

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

1. **HB960** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2023/bills/HB960_.HTM)
2. **HB960_CD1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2023/bills/HB960_CD1_.HTM)
3. **HB960_HD1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2023/bills/HB960_HD1_.HTM)
4. **HB960_SD1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2023/bills/HB960_SD1_.HTM)
5. **HB960_SD2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2023/bills/HB960_SD2_.HTM)

## Votes

- The Conference committee recommends that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **2–0** (pass) · upper
- The committee on EDN recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **9–0** (pass) · lower
- The committee(s) on WAM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **11–0** (pass) · upper
- The committee(s) on EDU recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **4–0** (pass) · upper
- The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments. — **4–0** (pass) · lower
- The committee on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. — **14–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- CHUN — primary (person)
- COCHRAN — primary (person)
- GARRETT — primary (person)
- HASHIMOTO — primary (person)
- HOLT — primary (person)
- ICHIYAMA — primary (person)
- ILAGAN — primary (person)
- KAHALOA — primary (person)
- KILA — primary (person)
- KITAGAWA — primary (person)
- LAMOSAO — primary (person)
- LOWEN — primary (person)
- MARTEN — primary (person)
- MORIKAWA — primary (person)
- ONISHI — primary (person)
- POEPOE — primary (person)
- SAYAMA — primary (person)
- TAKAYAMA — primary (person)
- TAKENOUCHI — primary (person)
- TARNAS — primary (person)
- TODD — primary (person)
- YAMASHITA — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-07-03** Act 175, 07/03/2023 (Gov. Msg. No. 1278). `became-law`
- **2023-07-03** Act 175, on 07/03/2023 (Gov. Msg. No. 1278). `became-law`
- **2023-05-04** Transmitted to Governor.
- **2023-05-04** Received notice of Final Reading (Sen. Com. No. 996). `receipt`
- **2023-05-04** Received notice of passage on Final Reading in House (Hse. Com. No. 901). `receipt`
- **2023-05-04** Passed Final Reading as amended in CD 1 with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Lowen, Martinez excused (2). `passage`
- **2023-05-04** Passed Final Reading, as amended (CD 1) Ayes, 25; Aye(s) with reservations: none. Noes, 0 (none). Excused, 0 (none). `passage`
- **2023-05-02** Deferred One Day 05-04-23. `deferral`
- **2023-05-02** Deferred one day 05-04-23. `deferral`
- **2023-04-28** 48 Hrs. Notice (as amended CD 1) 05-02-23.
- **2023-04-28** Reported from Conference Committee as amended CD 1 (Conf. Com. Rep. No. 120).
- **2023-04-28** Forty-eight (48) hours notice Tuesday 05-02-23.
- **2023-04-28** Reported from Conference Committee (Conf Com. Rep. No. 120) as amended in (CD 1).
- **2023-04-28** The Conference committee recommends that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes of the Senate Conference Managers were as follows: 2 Aye(s): Senator(s) Kidani, DeCoite; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Fevella. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-28** The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments. The votes were as follows: 4 Ayes: Representative(s) Woodson, Kitagawa, Kapela, Marten; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Garcia.
- **2023-04-27** Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-28-23 1:30PM; Conference Room 229.
- **2023-04-27** Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-27-23 4:31PM; Conference Room 229.
- **2023-04-26** Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-27-23 3:20PM; Conference Room 229.
- **2023-04-25** Conference committee meeting scheduled for 04-26-23 1:30PM; Conference Room 229.
- **2023-04-24** Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 839). `receipt`
- **2023-04-21** House Conferees Appointed: Woodson, Kitagawa Co-Chairs; Kapela, Marten, Garcia.
- **2023-04-20** Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 914). `receipt`
- **2023-04-20** Senate Conferees Appointed: Kidani Chair; DeCoite Co-Chair; Fevella.
- **2023-04-14** Received notice of disagreement (Hse. Com. No. 800). `receipt`
- **2023-04-13** House disagrees with Senate amendment (s). `amendment-failure`
- **2023-04-11** Returned from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 794) in amended form (SD 2).
- **2023-04-11** Report adopted; Passed Third Reading, as amended (SD 2). Ayes, 24; Aye(s) with reservations: none . Noes, 0 (none). Excused, 1 (Senator(s) Keohokalole). Transmitted to House. `passage`
- **2023-04-06** 48 Hrs. Notice 04-11-23.
- **2023-04-06** Reported from WAM (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1739) with recommendation of passage on Third Reading, as amended (SD 2).
- **2023-04-04** The committee(s) on WAM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in WAM were as follows: 11 Aye(s): Senator(s) Dela Cruz, Keith-Agaran, DeCoite, Inouye, Kanuha, Kidani, Kim, Lee, Moriwaki, Wakai, Fevella; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 2 Excused: Senator(s) Aquino, Shimabukuro. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-31** The committee(s) on WAM will hold a public decision making on 04-04-23 10:30AM; Conference Room 211 & Videoconference.
- **2023-03-24** Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to WAM. `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-24** Reported from EDU (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1376) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to WAM.
- **2023-03-22** 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, Kim, Kanuha, Richards; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Fevella. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-20** The committee(s) on EDU deferred the measure until 03-22-23 3:00PM; Conference Room 229. `deferral`
- **2023-03-15** The committee(s) on EDU deferred the measure until 03-20-23 3:00PM; Conference Room 229. `deferral`
- **2023-03-10** The committee(s) on EDU has scheduled a public hearing on 03-15-23 3:00PM; Conference Room 229 & Videoconference.
- **2023-03-09** Referred to EDU, WAM. `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-03** Passed First Reading. `reading-1`
- **2023-03-03** Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 85). `introduction, receipt`
- **2023-03-02** Passed Third Reading with none voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Pierick voting no (1) and none excused (0). Transmitted to Senate. `passage`
- **2023-03-02** Reported from FIN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 888), recommending passage on Third Reading.
- **2023-02-24** The committee on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 14 Ayes: Representative(s) Yamashita, Kitagawa, Aiu, Chun, Kahaloa, Kila, Kobayashi, Lamosao, Morikawa, Nishimoto, Poepoe, Takenouchi, Alcos, Ward; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 2 Excused: Representative(s) Cochran, Garrett. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-22** Bill scheduled to be heard by FIN on Friday, 02-24-23 1:30PM in House conference room 308 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
- **2023-02-07** 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`
- **2023-02-07** Reported from EDN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 126) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to FIN.
- **2023-02-02** The committee on EDN recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 9 Ayes: Representative(s) Woodson, Marten, Kapela, Martinez, Matayoshi, Quinlan, Todd, Garcia; Ayes with reservations: Representative(s) Perruso; Noes: none; and Excused: none. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-01-31** Bill scheduled to be heard by EDN on Thursday, 02-02-23 2:00PM in House conference room 309 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
- **2023-01-30** Referred to EDN, FIN, referral sheet 3 `referral-committee`
- **2023-01-25** Introduced and Pass First Reading. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-01-23** Pending introduction.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/448c5553-6017-49c3-b70d-042516a9b582`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Hawaii legislature records).