An Act prohibiting discrimination based on natural and protective hairstyles
SECTION 1. Section 7 of chapter 4 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2020 Official Edition, is hereby amended by adding the following clause:- Sixty-second, “Natural or protective hairstyle”, shall mean hair texture, hair type and hairstyles, which shall include, but not be limited to, natural and protective hairstyles such as braids, locks, twists, Bantu knots and other formations. SECTION 2. Section 32 of chapter 22C of the General Laws, as so appearing, is hereby amended by inserting after the word “racial”, in line 12, the following words:- , natural or protective hairstyle. SECTION 3. Chapter 71 of the General Laws is hereby amended by inserting after section 1C the …
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