Chapter 117, An Act Prohibiting Discrimination Based on Natural and Protective Hairstyles

1.  Procedural History and Bill Versions

• An Act Prohibiting Discrimination Based on Natural and Protective Hairstyles – Acts of 2022 Chapter 117
• An Act Prohibiting Discrimination Based on Natural and Protective Hairstyles Bill Folder (Part 1)
• An Act Prohibiting Discrimination Based on Natural and Protective Hairstyles Bill Folder (Part 2)
• H4554 Procedural History
• H1907
• H1907 Amended
• H4554
• H5028
• S2796
• S2796 (2)
• S2808

2. Committee Documents

• Rep. Brandy Fluker Oakley Written Testimony for H1907
• Rep. Steven Ultrino & Sen. Sal DiDomenico Joint Written Testimony for H.1907, S.994, & S.1049
• H5208 Summary Received by Rep. Ultrino
• Dove – The CROWN Research Study 2019
• CROWN Act Graphic – Received by Rep. Ultrino & Sen. Gomez
• CROWN Act Fact Sheet – Received by Rep. Ultrino & Sen. Gomez

3. Floor Documents & Conference Committee Documents

• House Formal Session – March 17, 2022
• Senate Journal – Mar. 31, 2022
• MassTrac: House Formal Session – March 17, 2022 Transcript (H4554)
• House Roll Call – H4554
• Senate Committee on Ways and Means Vote
• Senate Roll Call – H4554
• State House News Service: House Session Summary – Thursday, March 17, 2022
• State House News Service: House Session Summary – Thursday, July 14, 2022
• State House News Service: Senate Session Summary – Monday, March 28, 2022
• State House News Service: Senate Session Summary – Thursday, March 31, 2022
• State House News Service: Senate Session Summary – Thursday, July 14, 2022
• State House News Service: Senate Session Summary – Monday, July 18, 2022

4. Executive Action Documents

• CROWN Act Bill Signing – July 26, 2022

5. Press Reports (links only)

• Baker signs Crown Act, banning hairstyle discrimination at school, work in Mass.
• Baker signs law banning hairstyle discrimination
• CROWN Act banning hairstyle bias to be signed into Massachusetts law
• CROWN Act Prohibiting Hairstyle Bias in Mass. Signed Into Law
• Massachusetts becomes latest state to ban discrimination based on natural hairstyles
• Massachusetts Becomes the 18th State to Sign the CROWN Act Officially Making Hair Discrimination Illegal
• Massachusetts Enacts CROWN Act, Prohibiting Discrimination Against Protective Hairstyles
• Massachusetts joins wave of states banning racial discrimination against natural hair
• Massachusetts bans natural hair discrimination
• Hair discrimination illegal in Massachusetts after CROWN Act becomes law
• Massachusetts Senate unanimously passes the CROWN Act, banning discrimination against natural hair
• Massachusetts is 18th state to ban discrimination based on one’s natural hairstyles
• State House News Service: Morning Briefs: Long Island Bridge | Negro Election Day
• State House News Service: New Mass. Law Bans Discrimination Based on Hairstyle
• State House News Service: House of Representatives Passes The CROWN Act
• State House News Service: Massachusetts House Passes Bills Prohibiting Discrimination Based on Natural and Protective Hairstyles, Creating Women’s Rights History Trail Program
• State House News Service: House Passes Rep. Pressley’s CROWN Act to Ban Hair Discrimination
• State House News Service: In Passionate Speech, Pressley Calls for Passage of CROWN Act to Ban Hair Discrimination
• State House News Service: Reps. Pressley, Watson Coleman, Lee, Omar, Moore Seek Support from VP Harris on Passage of CROWN Act in Both Chambers This Congress
• State House News Service: Senate Passes CROWN Act

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