---
type: "Bill"
title: "RELATING TO EDUCATION."
description: "Removes the salary cap of the Superintendent of Education. Makes permanent the annual performance evaluation requirements for the Superintendent of Education. Takes effect 6/29/2024. (CD1)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/hi"
legislature: "Hawaii Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 3207"
citation: "Hawaii SB 3207 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Department of Education", "Salary Cap", "Superintendent"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["CHANG", "FEVELLA", "KIDANI", "SHIMABUKURO"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 45
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2024-01-24"
last_action: "2024-07-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/477107e3-3ee2-4da7-96e1-37a82f2b279c"
source_url: "https://capitol.hawaii.gov/session/archives/measure_indiv_Archives.aspx?billtype=SB&billnumber=3207&year=2024"
source_hash: "2f54ab260dccc9290ef0282ef29c9f0fdcf5e6651006af7caac2f205b408aca2"
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 SB 3207 (2024) — RELATING TO EDUCATION.

Removes the salary cap of the Superintendent of Education. Makes permanent the annual performance evaluation requirements for the Superintendent of Education. Takes effect 6/29/2024. (CD1)

## Version chain

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

1. **SB3207** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2024/bills/SB3207_.HTM)
2. **SB3207_CD1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2024/bills/SB3207_CD1_.HTM)
3. **SB3207_HD1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2024/bills/SB3207_HD1_.HTM)
4. **SB3207_SD1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2024/bills/SB3207_SD1_.HTM)
5. **SB3207_SD2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2024/bills/SB3207_SD2_.HTM)

## Votes

- The committee(s) on EDU recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- The committee(s) on WAM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **12–0** (pass) · upper
- The Conference committee recommends that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **3–0** (pass) · upper
- The committee on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. — **13–1** (pass) · lower
- The committee on EDN recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **8–2** (pass) · lower
- The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments. — **4–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- CHANG — primary (person)
- FEVELLA — primary (person)
- KIDANI — primary (person)
- SHIMABUKURO — primary (person)
- Richards — cosponsor (person)
- Wakai — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-07-02** Act 149, 07/01/2024 (Gov. Msg. No. 1250). `became-law`
- **2024-07-02** Act 149, on 07/01/2024 (Gov. Msg. No. 1250). `became-law`
- **2024-05-02** Enrolled to Governor. `executive-receipt`
- **2024-05-03** Received notice of passage on Final Reading in House (Hse. Com. No. 830). `receipt`
- **2024-05-01** Received notice of Final Reading (Sen. Com. No. 798). `receipt`
- **2024-05-01** Passed Final Reading as amended in CD 1 with none voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Aiu, Alcos, Garcia, Hussey-Burdick, Kapela, Kila, Matsumoto, Perruso, Pierick, Poepoe, Tam, Ward voting no (12) and none excused (0). `passage`
- **2024-05-01** Passed Final Reading, as amended (CD 1). Ayes, 20; Aye(s) with reservations: Senator(s) DeCoite, Inouye, Kim, Richards. Noes, 5 (Senator(s) Awa, Elefante, Fevella, Ihara, McKelvey). Excused, 0 (none). `passage`
- **2024-04-26** Forty-eight (48) hours notice Wednesday, 05-01-24.
- **2024-04-26** Reported from Conference Committee (Conf Com. Rep. No. 123-24) as amended in (CD 1).
- **2024-04-26** 48 Hrs. Notice (as amended CD 1) 05-01-24.
- **2024-04-26** Reported from Conference Committee as amended CD 1 (Conf. Com. Rep. No. 123-24).
- **2024-04-24** The Conference Committee recommends that the measure be Passed, with Amendments. The votes were as follows: 4 Ayes: Representative(s) Woodson, Morikawa, La Chica, M. Mizuno; Ayes with reservations: none; 0 Noes: none; and 0 Excused: none.
- **2024-04-24** 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, Kim, Fevella; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-23** Conference committee meeting to reconvene on 04-24-24 1:30PM; Conference Room 229.
- **2024-04-22** Conference committee meeting scheduled for 04-23-24 1:45PM; Conference Room 229.
- **2024-04-22** Received notice of appointment of House conferees (Hse. Com. No. 791). `receipt`
- **2024-04-19** House Conferees Appointed: Woodson, Morikawa Co-Chairs; La Chica, M. Mizuno.
- **2024-04-17** Received notice of Senate conferees (Sen. Com. No. 690). `receipt`
- **2024-04-17** Senate Conferees Appointed: Kidani Chair; Kim Co-Chair; Fevella.
- **2024-04-05** Received notice of disagreement (Sen. Com. No. 489). `receipt`
- **2024-04-05** Senate disagrees with House amendments. `amendment-failure`
- **2024-04-05** Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 587). `introduction, receipt`
- **2024-04-04** Passed Third Reading with Representative(s) Chun, Gates, Kila, Lamosao, Martinez, Matayoshi voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Aiu, Alcos, Amato, Garcia, Hussey-Burdick, Kapela, Matsumoto, Perruso, Pierick, Poepoe, Tam, Ward voting no (12) and Representative(s) Kitagawa, Souza excused (2). Transmitted to Senate. `passage`
- **2024-04-04** Reported from FIN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1779-24), recommending passage on Third Reading.
- **2024-03-27** The committee on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 13 Ayes: Representative(s) Yamashita, Kitagawa, Chun, Garrett, Kahaloa, Morikawa, Nishimoto, Takenouchi; Ayes with reservations: Representative(s) Aiu, Kila, Kobayashi, Lamosao, Poepoe; 1 Noes: Representative(s) Ward; and 2 Excused: Representative(s) Cochran, Alcos. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-25** Bill scheduled to be heard by FIN on Wednesday, 03-27-24 2:00PM in House conference room 308 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
- **2024-03-15** Passed Second Reading as amended in HD 1 and referred to the committee(s) on FIN with Representative(s) Amato, Hussey-Burdick, Tam voting aye with reservations; Representative(s) Garcia, Kapela, Matayoshi, Perruso, Pierick, Souza, Ward voting no (7) and Representative(s) Cochran, Ganaden, Gates, Martinez, Quinlan excused (5). `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2024-03-15** Reported from EDN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 1118-24) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to FIN.
- **2024-03-12** The committee on EDN recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 8 Ayes: Representative(s) Woodson, La Chica, Marten, M. Mizuno, Quinlan, Todd; Ayes with reservations: Representative(s) Kapela, Martinez; 2 Noes: Representative(s) Matayoshi, Perruso; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Garcia. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-08** Bill scheduled to be heard by EDN on Tuesday, 03-12-24 2:30PM in House conference room 309 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
- **2024-03-07** Referred to EDN, FIN, referral sheet 16 `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-07** Pass First Reading `reading-1`
- **2024-03-05** Received from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 303) in amended form (SD 2). `introduction, receipt`
- **2024-03-05** Report Adopted; Passed Third Reading, as amended (SD 2). Ayes, 23; Aye(s) with reservations: Senator(s) Fevella, Ihara, Richards. Noes, 2 (Senator(s) Awa, Elefante). Excused, 0 (none). Transmitted to House. `passage`
- **2024-03-01** 48 Hrs. Notice 03-05-24.
- **2024-03-01** Reported from WAM (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 2960) with recommendation of passage on Third Reading, as amended (SD 2).
- **2024-02-28** The committee(s) on WAM recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in WAM were as follows: 12 Aye(s): Senator(s) Dela Cruz, Moriwaki, Aquino, DeCoite, Hashimoto, Inouye, Kanuha, Kidani, Lee, Wakai; Aye(s) with reservations: Senator(s) Kim, Fevella ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Shimabukuro. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-23** The committee(s) on WAM will hold a public decision making on 02-28-24 10:01AM; Conference Room 211 & Videoconference.
- **2024-02-07** Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to WAM. `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2024-02-07** Reported from EDU (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 2181) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referral to WAM.
- **2024-02-02** The committee(s) on EDU recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in EDU were as follows: 5 Aye(s): Senator(s) Kidani, Kim, Hashimoto; Aye(s) with reservations: Senator(s) Richards, Fevella ; 0 No(es): none; and 0 Excused: none. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-01-30** The committee(s) on EDU has scheduled a public hearing on 02-02-24 3:00PM; Conference Room 229 & Videoconference.
- **2024-01-29** Referred to EDU, WAM. `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-24** Passed First Reading. `reading-1`
- **2024-01-24** Introduced. `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/477107e3-3ee2-4da7-96e1-37a82f2b279c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Hawaii legislature records).