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Last action · February 4, 2025

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Introduced January 8, 2025

House

Adjourned Sine Die

2025 Regular Session

HB125

AN ACT relating to discriminatory practices against a person.

Short title: C.R.O.W.N. Act

Amend KRS 344.010 to provide definitions of "protective hairstyle" and "race" that include traits historically associated with race; amend KRS 158.148 to provide that school disciplinary codes shall prohibit discrimination on the basis of race; provide that the Act may be cited as the C.R.O.W.N. Act.

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This bill would update Kentucky's civil rights and school conduct laws to make clear that discrimination based on hair textures and protective hairstyles, such as braids, locs, and twists, counts as racial discrimination. It would require public school disciplinary codes to explicitly prohibit this form of discrimination. The bill may be cited as the C.R.O.W.N. Act, a name used by similar laws in other states. Who it may affect: students in Kentucky public schools, and potentially employees and others covered by existing state anti-discrimination law.

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