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Senate committee report urges support for Crown Act to prohibit hair-based discrimination
Summary
A committee report urged support for H363, the Crown Act, to add hair texture and protective styles to Vermont’s anti-discrimination statutes; sponsor cited witness testimony and health statistics linking hair-straightening chemicals to uterine fibroids.
The Senate heard a committee report and testimony references on H363, commonly called the Crown Act, and ordered the bill for third reading. The senator from Chittenden South, reporting for the Economic Development, Housing, and General Affairs Committee, said the bill would amend Vermont's Fair Housing and Public Accommodation Act and the Fair Employment Practices Act to include hair type, hair texture and protective hairstyles in definitions of race for…
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