republic-os/legislation/us/states/hi/2024/hb-2577.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "RELATING TO EDUCATION."
description: "Authorizes the Department of Health to require the Department of Education to report coronavirus disease 2019 potential outbreaks or other public health emergencies and related information in a manner most appropriate to public health and safety, as determined by the Department of Health. Repeals the requirement to publish the report on the Department of Education's website. Prohibits the Department of Health from requiring the Department of Education to provide personally identifiable information in any report pursuant to the federal Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act. Authorizes the Department of Education to provide personally identifiable information only after it has determined that a health or safety emergency exists. (SD1)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/hi"
legislature: "Hawaii Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 2577"
citation: "Hawaii HB 2577 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COVID-19", "DOE", "DOH", "FERPA", "Personally Identifiable Information", "Public Health Emergencies", "Schools"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["AMATO", "BELATTI", "KAPELA", "LA CHICA", "MARTEN", "MARTINEZ", "ONISHI", "PERRUSO", "SAYAMA", "TAM", "WOODSON"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 31
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2024-01-23"
last_action: "2024-06-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d5d770cf-b10d-4140-a5ec-08f6b992bb03"
source_url: "https://capitol.hawaii.gov/session/archives/measure_indiv_Archives.aspx?billtype=HB&billnumber=2577&year=2024"
source_hash: "0221af7a20849c90cfb04807a831b4096c08df3da491075b1e374abf1a3fc998"
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 2577 (2024) — RELATING TO EDUCATION.

Authorizes the Department of Health to require the Department of Education to report coronavirus disease 2019 potential outbreaks or other public health emergencies and related information in a manner most appropriate to public health and safety, as determined by the Department of Health. Repeals the requirement to publish the report on the Department of Education's website. Prohibits the Department of Health from requiring the Department of Education to provide personally identifiable information in any report pursuant to the federal Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act. Authorizes the Department of Education to provide personally identifiable information only after it has determined that a health or safety emergency exists. (SD1)

## Version chain

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

1. **HB2577** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2024/bills/HB2577_.HTM)
2. **HB2577_HD1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2024/bills/HB2577_HD1_.HTM)
3. **HB2577_SD1** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.hawaii.gov/sessions/session2024/bills/HB2577_SD1_.HTM)

## Votes

- Reconsider: The committee(s) on EDU recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **4–0** (pass) · upper
- Reconsider: The committee on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. — **15–0** (pass) · lower
- The committee on EDN recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. — **9–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- AMATO — primary (person)
- BELATTI — primary (person)
- KAPELA — primary (person)
- LA CHICA — primary (person)
- MARTEN — primary (person)
- MARTINEZ — primary (person)
- ONISHI — primary (person)
- PERRUSO — primary (person)
- SAYAMA — primary (person)
- TAM — primary (person)
- WOODSON — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-06-28** Act 105, 06/27/2024 (Gov. Msg. No. 1206). `became-law`
- **2024-06-28** Act 105, on 06/27/2024 (Gov. Msg. No. 1206). `became-law`
- **2024-04-19** Transmitted to Governor.
- **2024-04-22** Received notice of House agreement and passage on Final Reading (Hse. Com. No. 782). `receipt`
- **2024-04-19** Passed Final Reading as amended in SD 1 with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Cochran, Garcia excused (2). `passage`
- **2024-04-18** House agrees to Senate amendment(s).
- **2024-04-19** Received notice of House reconsideration of action in disagreeing to the amendments proposed by the Senate (Hse. Com. No. 771). `receipt`
- **2024-04-18** Reconsideration of action taken on 04-11-24.
- **2024-04-12** Received notice of disagreement (Hse. Com. No. 731). `receipt`
- **2024-04-11** House disagrees with Senate amendment (s). `amendment-failure`
- **2024-04-09** Returned from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 647) in amended form (SD 1).
- **2024-04-09** Passed Third Reading, as amended (SD 1). Ayes, 24; Aye(s) with reservations: none . Noes, 0 (none). Excused, 1 (Senator(s) Ihara). Transmitted to House. `passage`
- **2024-04-05** 48 Hrs. Notice 04-09-24.
- **2024-04-05** Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1). `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2024-04-05** Reported from EDU (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 3673) with recommendation of passage on Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and placement on the calendar for Third Reading.
- **2024-04-03** 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) Kim, Hashimoto, Richards, Fevella; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Kidani. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-28** The committee(s) on EDU has scheduled a public hearing on 04-03-24 3:00PM; Conference Room 229 & Videoconference.
- **2024-03-07** Referred to EDU. `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-07** Passed First Reading. `reading-1`
- **2024-03-07** Received from House (Hse. Com. No. 415). `introduction, receipt`
- **2024-03-05** Passed Third Reading with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) Cochran, Martinez, Woodson excused (3). Transmitted to Senate. `passage`
- **2024-03-01** Reported from FIN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 990-24), recommending passage on Third Reading.
- **2024-02-28** The committee on FIN recommend that the measure be PASSED, UNAMENDED. The votes were as follows: 15 Ayes: Representative(s) Yamashita, Kitagawa, Aiu, Chun, Garrett, Kahaloa, Kila, Kobayashi, Lamosao, Morikawa, Nishimoto, Poepoe, Takenouchi, Alcos, Ward; Ayes with reservations: none; Noes: none; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Cochran. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-26** Bill scheduled to be heard by FIN on Wednesday, 02-28-24 2:00PM in House conference room 308 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
- **2024-02-12** 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 Representative(s) Amato, Lowen, Nakashima, Quinlan, Todd excused (5). `reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2024-02-12** Reported from EDN (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 245-24) as amended in HD 1, recommending passage on Second Reading and referral to FIN.
- **2024-02-06** The committee on EDN recommend that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes were as follows: 9 Ayes: Representative(s) Woodson, La Chica, Marten, Martinez, Matayoshi, M. Mizuno, Perruso, Quinlan, Todd; Ayes with reservations: none; 1 Noes: Representative(s) Garcia; and 1 Excused: Representative(s) Kapela. `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-02** Bill scheduled to be heard by EDN on Tuesday, 02-06-24 2:00PM in House conference room 309 VIA VIDEOCONFERENCE.
- **2024-01-26** Referred to EDN, FIN, referral sheet 3 `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-24** Introduced and Pass First Reading. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2024-01-23** Pending introduction.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d5d770cf-b10d-4140-a5ec-08f6b992bb03`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Hawaii legislature records).