---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act prohibiting discrimination based on natural and protective hairstyles"
description: "An Act prohibiting discrimination based on natural and protective hairstyles"
jurisdiction: "us/states/ma"
legislature: "Massachusetts General Court"
session: "192nd"
identifier: "H 4554"
citation: "Massachusetts H 4554 (192nd)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["House Committee on Ways and Means"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 23
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2022-03-17"
last_action: "2022-07-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/15d93081-6c70-44ba-aced-63cf78febbfb"
source_url: "https://malegislature.gov/Bills/192/H4554"
source_hash: "a59eb7942446d499f8f50306789114c7ad1dea3a79cf563e2eeead1dd4915778"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ma"]
---

# Massachusetts H 4554 (192nd) — An Act prohibiting discrimination based on natural and protective hairstyles

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Bill Text** (committee substitute) — [source](https://malegislature.gov/Bills/192/H4554.pdf)

## Sponsors

- House Committee on Ways and Means — primary (person)
- Adam J. Scanlon — cosponsor (person)
- Adrian C. Madaro — cosponsor (person)
- Andres X. Vargas — cosponsor (person)
- Angelo L. D'Emilia — cosponsor (person)
- Bradley H. Jones, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
- Brandy Fluker Oakley — cosponsor (person)
- Bud L. Williams — cosponsor (person)
- Carmine Lawrence Gentile — cosponsor (person)
- Carolyn C. Dykema — cosponsor (person)
- Christina A. Minicucci — cosponsor (person)
- Christine P. Barber — cosponsor (person)
- Chynah Tyler — cosponsor (person)
- Colleen M. Garry — cosponsor (person)
- Daniel J. Ryan — cosponsor (person)
- Daniel R. Carey — cosponsor (person)
- Danillo A. Sena — cosponsor (person)
- David Henry Argosky LeBoeuf — cosponsor (person)
- David T. Vieira — cosponsor (person)
- Dylan A. Fernandes — cosponsor (person)
- Edward R. Philips — cosponsor (person)
- Erika Uyterhoeven — cosponsor (person)
- Jack Patrick Lewis — cosponsor (person)
- John Barrett, III — cosponsor (person)
- Kate Lipper-Garabedian — cosponsor (person)
- Kathleen R. LaNatra — cosponsor (person)
- Kay Khan — cosponsor (person)
- Kevin G. Honan — cosponsor (person)
- Kip A. Diggs — cosponsor (person)
- Lindsay N. Sabadosa — cosponsor (person)
- Lori A. Ehrlich — cosponsor (person)
- Lydia Edwards — cosponsor (person)
- Marcos A. Devers — cosponsor (person)
- Mary S. Keefe — cosponsor (person)
- Meghan Kilcoyne — cosponsor (person)
- Michael S. Day — cosponsor (person)
- Michelle M. DuBois — cosponsor (person)
- Mike Connolly — cosponsor (person)
- Mindy Domb — cosponsor (person)
- Natalie M. Blais — cosponsor (person)
- Natalie M. Higgins — cosponsor (person)
- Nika C. Elugardo — cosponsor (person)
- Orlando Ramos — cosponsor (person)
- Patricia A. Duffy — cosponsor (person)
- Patrick M. O'Connor — cosponsor (person)
- Paul J. Donato — cosponsor (person)
- Peter Capano — cosponsor (person)
- Rebecca L. Rausch — cosponsor (person)
- Sal N. DiDomenico — cosponsor (person)
- Sarah K. Peake — cosponsor (person)
- Sean Garballey — cosponsor (person)
- Steven C. Owens — cosponsor (person)
- Steven G. Xiarhos — cosponsor (person)
- Steven Ultrino — cosponsor (person)
- Susan L. Moran — cosponsor (person)
- Tami L. Gouveia — cosponsor (person)
- Thomas M. Stanley — cosponsor (person)
- Timothy R. Whelan — cosponsor (person)
- Tommy Vitolo — cosponsor (person)
- Tram T. Nguyen — cosponsor (person)
- Tricia Farley-Bouvier — cosponsor (person)
- Vanna Howard — cosponsor (person)
- Walter F. Timilty — cosponsor (person)
- William C. Galvin — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2022-03-17** Reported from the committee on House Ways and Means
- **2022-03-17** Pending new draft of H1907
- **2022-03-17** New draft of H1907
- **2022-03-17** Ordered to a third reading, rules suspended and read third `reading-3`
- **2022-03-17** Passed to be engrossed - 155 YEAS to 0 NAYS (See YEA and NAY No. 157 ) `passage`
- **2022-03-24** Read; and referred to the committee on Senate Ways and Means `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-28** Committee recommended ought to pass with an amendment, inserting in place thereof the text of S2796 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-28** Order relative to subject matter adopted
- **2022-03-28** Placed in the Orders of the Day for Thursday, March 31, 2022
- **2022-03-31** Read second `reading-2`
- **2022-03-31** Amended by striking out all after the enacting clause and inserting in place thereof the text of S2796 `amendment-passage`
- **2022-03-31** Ordered to a third reading
- **2022-03-31** Read third `reading-3`
- **2022-03-31** Reprinted as amended, see S2808
- **2022-03-31** Passed to be engrossed -see Roll Call #140 (Yeas 40 to Nays 0) `passage`
- **2022-04-04** Referred to the committee on Bills in the Third Reading `referral-committee`
- **2022-07-14** Rules suspended
- **2022-07-14** House concurred in the Senate amendment with a further amendment, see House document numbered 5028
- **2022-07-14** Rules suspended
- **2022-07-14** Senate concurred in the House amendment
- **2022-07-14** Enacted `passage`
- **2022-07-18** Enacted and laid before the Governor `passage`
- **2022-07-26** Signed by the Governor, Chapter 117 of the Acts of 2022 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/15d93081-6c70-44ba-aced-63cf78febbfb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Massachusetts legislature records).