Bill Text: IA HF2513 | 2021-2022 | 89th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: A bill for an act prohibiting discrimination based upon racial biases and stereotypes associated with hair texture, hair type, and protective hairstyles in education, employment, housing, and public accommodations.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-02-23 - Introduced, referred to Judiciary. H.J. 352. [HF2513 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2021-HF2513-Introduced.html
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Introduced
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FILE
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BY
JAMES
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
prohibiting
discrimination
based
upon
racial
biases
and
1
stereotypes
associated
with
hair
texture,
hair
type,
and
2
protective
hairstyles
in
education,
employment,
housing,
and
3
public
accommodations.
4
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
5
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(5)
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H.F.
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Section
1.
Section
8A.416,
Code
2022,
is
amended
by
adding
1
the
following
new
subsection:
2
NEW
SUBSECTION
.
8.
For
purposes
of
this
section:
3
a.
“Protective
hairstyle”
means
the
same
as
defined
in
4
section
216.2.
5
b.
“Race”
means
the
same
as
defined
in
section
216.2.
6
Sec.
2.
Section
15A.1,
subsection
1,
paragraph
b,
Code
2022,
7
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
8
b.
For
purposes
of
this
chapter
,
“economic
development”
:
9
(1)
“Economic
development”
means
private
or
joint
public
10
and
private
investment
involving
the
creation
of
new
jobs
and
11
income
or
the
retention
of
existing
jobs
and
income
that
would
12
otherwise
be
lost.
13
(2)
“Protective
hairstyle”
means
the
same
as
defined
in
14
section
216.2.
15
(3)
“Race”
means
the
same
as
defined
in
section
216.2.
16
Sec.
3.
Section
19B.1,
Code
2022,
is
amended
by
adding
the
17
following
new
subsections:
18
NEW
SUBSECTION
.
1A.
“Protective
hairstyle”
means
the
same
19
as
defined
in
section
216.2.
20
NEW
SUBSECTION
.
1B.
“Race”
means
the
same
as
defined
in
21
section
216.2.
22
Sec.
4.
Section
216.2,
Code
2022,
is
amended
by
adding
the
23
following
new
subsections:
24
NEW
SUBSECTION
.
12A.
“Protective
hairstyle”
includes
25
braids,
locs,
twists,
tight
coils
or
curls,
cornrows,
bantu
26
knots,
afros,
and
headwraps.
27
NEW
SUBSECTION
.
13A.
“Race”
is
a
grouping
of
humans
based
28
upon
physical
traits
commonly
or
historically
associated
with
a
29
group
including
but
not
limited
to
skin
color,
hair
texture,
30
hair
type,
or
a
protective
hairstyle.
31
Sec.
5.
Section
256.2,
Code
2022,
is
amended
by
adding
the
32
following
new
subsections:
33
NEW
SUBSECTION
.
3A.
“Protective
hairstyle”
means
the
same
34
as
defined
in
section
216.2.
35
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NEW
SUBSECTION
.
3B.
“Race”
means
the
same
as
defined
in
1
section
216.2.
2
Sec.
6.
Section
256B.2,
subsection
1,
Code
2022,
is
amended
3
by
adding
the
following
new
paragraphs:
4
NEW
PARAGRAPH
.
0b.
“Protective
hairstyle”
means
the
same
as
5
defined
in
section
216.2.
6
NEW
PARAGRAPH
.
00b.
“Race”
means
the
same
as
defined
in
7
section
216.2.
8
Sec.
7.
Section
256F.2,
Code
2022,
is
amended
by
adding
the
9
following
new
subsections:
10
NEW
SUBSECTION
.
6A.
“Protective
hairstyle”
means
the
same
11
as
defined
in
section
216.2.
12
NEW
SUBSECTION
.
6B.
“Race”
means
the
same
as
defined
in
13
section
216.2.
14
Sec.
8.
Section
261A.4,
Code
2022,
is
amended
by
adding
the
15
following
new
subsections:
16
NEW
SUBSECTION
.
17.
“Protective
hairstyle”
means
the
same
17
as
defined
in
section
216.2.
18
NEW
SUBSECTION
.
18.
“Race”
means
the
same
as
defined
in
19
section
216.2.
20
Sec.
9.
Section
279.58,
Code
2022,
is
amended
by
adding
the
21
following
new
subsection:
22
NEW
SUBSECTION
.
3.
a.
The
board
of
directors
of
a
school
23
district
shall
not
adopt,
for
the
district
or
for
an
individual
24
school
within
the
district,
a
dress
code
policy
that
prohibits
25
students
from
wearing
protective
hairstyles
that
are
commonly
26
or
historically
associated
with
a
race.
27
b.
For
purposes
of
this
subsection:
28
(1)
“Protective
hairstyle”
means
the
same
as
defined
in
29
section
216.2.
30
(2)
“Race”
means
the
same
as
defined
in
section
216.2.
31
Sec.
10.
Section
280.2,
Code
2022,
is
amended
by
adding
the
32
following
new
subsections:
33
NEW
SUBSECTION
.
1A.
“Protective
hairstyle”
means
the
same
34
as
defined
in
section
216.2.
35
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4
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NEW
SUBSECTION
.
3.
“Race”
means
the
same
as
defined
in
1
section
216.2.
2
Sec.
11.
Section
341A.1,
Code
2022,
is
amended
by
adding
the
3
following
new
subsections:
4
NEW
SUBSECTION
.
4.
“Protective
hairstyle”
means
the
same
as
5
defined
in
section
216.2.
6
NEW
SUBSECTION
.
5.
“Race”
means
the
same
as
defined
in
7
section
216.2.
8
Sec.
12.
Section
400.17,
Code
2022,
is
amended
by
adding
the
9
following
new
subsection:
10
NEW
SUBSECTION
.
5.
For
the
purposes
of
this
section:
11
a.
“Protective
hairstyle”
means
the
same
as
defined
in
12
section
216.2.
13
b.
“Race”
means
the
same
as
defined
in
section
216.2.
14
Sec.
13.
Section
602.1401,
Code
2022,
is
amended
by
adding
15
the
following
new
subsection:
16
NEW
SUBSECTION
.
7.
For
the
purposes
of
this
section:
17
a.
“Protective
hairstyle”
means
the
same
as
defined
in
18
section
216.2.
19
b.
“Race”
means
the
same
as
defined
in
section
216.2.
20
Sec.
14.
Section
729.4,
Code
2022,
is
amended
by
adding
the
21
following
new
subsection:
22
NEW
SUBSECTION
.
4.
For
the
purposes
of
this
section:
23
a.
“Protective
hairstyle”
means
the
same
as
defined
in
24
section
216.2.
25
b.
“Race”
means
the
same
as
defined
in
section
216.2.
26
EXPLANATION
27
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
28
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
29
This
bill
provides
an
additional
prohibition
against
30
discrimination
in
schools,
workplaces,
housing,
places
of
31
public
accommodations,
and
other
contexts
on
the
basis
of
32
hair
texture,
hair
type,
and
protective
hairstyles
that
are
33
historically
and
commonly
associated
with
race.
34
The
following
current
Code
sections
prohibit
discrimination
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based
on
race:
Code
section
8A.416
(state
employment),
Code
1
section
15A.1
(state
disbursement
of
grant
funds),
Code
section
2
19B.1
(state
employment
and
contracts),
Code
chapter
216
(civil
3
rights
commission),
Code
chapter
256
(department
of
education),
4
Code
chapter
256B
(area
education
agencies),
Code
chapter
5
256F
(charter
schools
and
innovation
zone
schools),
Code
6
chapter
261A
(higher
education
loan
authority),
Code
section
7
279.58
(school
directors),
Code
chapter
280
(uniform
school
8
requirements),
Code
section
341A.1
(civil
service
for
deputy
9
county
sheriffs),
Code
section
400.17
(employees
under
civil
10
service),
Code
section
602.1401
(judicial
personnel),
and
Code
11
section
729.4
(fair
employment
practices).
12
The
bill
provides
that
discrimination
on
the
basis
of
race
13
includes
discrimination
on
the
basis
of
protective
hair
styles.
14
The
bill
defines
“protective
hairstyles”
as
including
braids,
15
locs,
twists,
tight
coils
or
curls,
cornrows,
bantu
knots,
16
afros,
and
headwraps.
17
-4-
LSB
5652YH
(5)
89
cm/jh
4/
4