Florida Senate Bill 252

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Completed Legislative Action
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 8)
Status: Failed on March 13 2026 - 100% progression
Action: 2026-03-13 - Died in Judiciary
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Citing this act as the "Creating a Respectful and Open World for Natural Hair Act" or "CROWN Act"; prohibiting discrimination based on protected hairstyle against a student in the K-20 public education system; defining the terms "race" and "protected hairstyle" for purposes of public K-12 nondiscrimination requirements; defining the terms "race" and "protected hairstyle" for purposes of antidiscrimination requirements for private schools participating in the state school choice scholarship program, etc.

Prohibited Discrimination Based on Hairstyle

Sen. Shevrin Jones [D]	Sen. LaVon Bracy Davis [D]	Sen. Rosalind Osgood [D]	Sen. Kristen Arrington [D]
Sen. Mackenson Bernard [D]	Sen. Lori Berman [D]	Sen. Barbara Sharief [D]	Sen. Carlos Smith [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2026-03-13	Senate	Died in Judiciary
2026-01-13	Senate	Introduced
2025-11-03	Senate	Referred to Judiciary; Education Pre-K - 12; Rules
2025-10-20	Senate	Filed

H235 (Same As) 2026-03-13 - Died in Education Administration Subcommittee

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
1000	05		Amended Code	See Bill Text
1002	20		Amended Code	See Bill Text
1002	421		Amended Code	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/252
Text	https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2026/252/BillText/Filed/HTML