Bill Amendment: WV SB601 | 2024 | Regular Session

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Bill Title: Creating WV Women's Bill of Rights

Status: 2024-03-08 - On 3rd reading with right to amend, Special Calendar [SB601 Detail]

Download: West_Virginia-2024-SB601-sb601_hfa_hamilton_et_al_3-8_1.html

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SB601 HFA Hamilton et al 3-8 #1

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Delegates Hamilton, Hornbuckle, Lewis, Fluharty, Garcia, Griffith, Pushkin, Hansen, Rowe, Young and Williams move to amend Com Sub for SB601 following the enacting clause by inserting the following:

"CHAPTER 5. HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION

§5-11-21. Racial discrimination based on certain hair textures and hairstyles; definitions.

(a) For the purposes of this article, discrimination based on race includes, but is not limited to, discrimination based on hair textures and protective hairstyles historically associated with a particular race.

(b) The term "protective hairstyles" includes, but is not limited to, hairstyles such as braids, locks, and twists."

 

 

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