Bill Title: Prohibiting discrimination based on natural and protective hairstyles

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 57-6-1)

Status: (Passed) 2022-07-26 - Signed by the Governor, Chapter 117 of the Acts of 2022 [H4554 Detail]

Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

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Sponsors

Name	Type	Sponsorship	District	Financial	Encyclopedia	Biography
House House Committee on Ways and Means Committee	Primary	Sponsored Bills	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Representative Steven Ultrino [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-33-MID	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Chynah Tyler [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-07-SUF	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Lindsay Sabadosa [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-01-HAM	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Mindy Domb [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-03-HAM	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative David LeBoeuf [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-17-WOR	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Jack Lewis [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-07-MID	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Colleen Garry [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-36-MID	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Tram Nguyen [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-18-ESS	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Kay Khan [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-11-MID	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Carmine Gentile [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-13-MID	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Tommy Vitolo [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-15-NOR	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Christina Minicucci [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-14-ESS	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative John Barrett [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-01-BER	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Danillo Sena [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-37-MID	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Paul Donato [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-35-MID	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Steven Owens [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-29-MID	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Adrian Madaro [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-01-SUF	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Patricia Duffy [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-05-HAM	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Christine Barber [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-34-MID	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Bud Williams [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-11-HAM	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Kathleen LaNatra [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-12-PLY	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Peter Capano [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-11-ESS	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Kip Diggs [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-02-BAR	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Senator Susan Moran [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-PLYMOU	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Timothy Whelan [R]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-01-BAR	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Steven Xiarhos [R]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-05-BAR	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Daniel Carey [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-02-HAM	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Tami Gouveia [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-14-MID	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Erika Uyterhoeven [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-27-MID	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Thomas Stanley [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-09-MID	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Lori Ehrlich [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-08-ESS	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Dylan Fernandes [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-BARNST	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Michael Day [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-31-MID	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Kevin Honan [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-17-SUF	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Kate Lipper-Garabedian [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-32-MID	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Sean Garballey [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-23-MID	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Sarah Peake [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-04-BAR	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Angelo D'Emilia [R]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-08-PLY	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Orlando Ramos [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-09-HAM	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Andres Vargas [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-03-ESS	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Michelle DuBois [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-10-PLY	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Daniel Ryan [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-02-SUF	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Bradley Jones [R]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-20-MID	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Senator Salvatore DiDomenico [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-MIDDLE	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Senator Walter Timilty [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-NORFOL	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Brandy Fluker Oakley [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-12-SUF	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Marcos Devers [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-16-ESS	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Carolyn Dykema [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-08-MID	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Meghan Kilcoyne [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-12-WOR	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative David Vieira [R]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-03-BAR	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Natalie Blais [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-01-FRA	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Senator Patrick O'Connor [R]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-01-NOR	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Mike Connolly [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-26-MID	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Vanna Howard [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-17-MID	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Adam Scanlon [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-14-BRI	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Ted Philips [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-08-NOR	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Senator Rebecca Rausch [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-NORFOL	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Nika Elugardo [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-15-SUF	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Natalie Higgins [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-04-WOR	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative William Galvin [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-06-NOR	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Tricia Farley-Bouvier [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-02-BER	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Mary Keefe [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-15-WOR	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Senator Lydia Edwards [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-03-SUF	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart

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