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Шаблон:Infobox United States federal proposed legislation

The Creating a Respectful and Open World for Natural Hair Act of 2022, known as the CROWN Act of 2022, is a bill in the United States Congress intended to prohibit discrimination based on hairstyle and hair texture by clarifying that such discrimination is illegal under existing federal law.[1]

The act was first introduced on March 19, 2021, by Representative Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-NJ).[2] The House of Representatives then passed the bill by 235–189 on March 18, 2022.[3]

Background

Шаблон:See also The first CROWN Act was adopted in California in July 2019. Since then, similar statutes have been passed by 20 states and 30 cities.[4][5][6]

Legislative History

As of September 6, 2022:

Congress Short title Bill number(s) Date introduced Sponsor(s) # of cosponsors Latest status
117th Congress CROWN ACT of 2022. H.R. 2116 March 19, 2021 Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-NJ) 116 Passed the House (235 -189).[3]
S.888 March 22, 2021 Cory Booker (D-NJ) 29 Referred to committees of judication.

References

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External links

  • Text of H.R. 2116 [1]