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AB 1815 - Prohibts Discrimination on Hair Texture and Hair Style - California Key Vote

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Title: Prohibts Discrimination on Hair Texture and Hair Style

Signed by Governor Gavin Newsom


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Title: Prohibts Discrimination on Hair Texture and Hair Style

Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to concur with Senate amendments and pass a bill that prohibits discrimination based on hair texture and hair style in California.

Highlights:

  • Repeals the term “historically” from the definitions of race, thus defining race to include traits associated with race, including, but not limited to, hair texture and protective hairstyles, as defined, and would add those definitions for “race” and “protective hairstyle” to the Unruh Civil Rights Act (Sec. 1). 

  • Specifies that the provisions of this bill shall take effect immediately upon passage and approval by the Governor (Sec. 2).

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See How Your Politicians Voted

Title: Prohibts Discrimination on Hair Texture and Hair Style

Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to amend and pass a bill that prohibits discrimination based on hair texture and hair style in California.

Highlights:

  • Repeals the term “historically” from the definitions of race, thus defining race to include traits associated with race, including, but not limited to, hair texture and protective hairstyles, as defined, and would add those definitions for “race” and “protective hairstyle” to the Unruh Civil Rights Act (Sec. 1). 

  • Specifies that the provisions of this bill shall take effect immediately upon passage and approval by the Governor (Sec. 2).

Full Bill Text

Title: Prohibts Discrimination on Hair Texture and Hair Style

Title: Prohibts Discrimination on Hair Texture and Hair Style

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