republic-os/legislation/us/states/co/2020a/hb-20-1048.md

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Bill	Race Trait Hairstyle Anti-discrimination Protect	The act enacts the "Creating a Respectful and Open World for Natural Hair Act of 2020", also known as the "CROWN Act of 2020", which specifies that, for purposes of anti-discrimination laws in the context of public education, employment practices, housing, public accommodations, and advertising, protections against discrimination on the basis of one's race include hair texture, hair type, or a protective hairstyle commonly or historically associated with race, such as braids, locs, twists, tight coils or curls, cornrows, Bantu knots, Afros, and headwraps.	us/states/co	Colorado General Assembly	2020A	HB 20-1048	Colorado HB 20-1048 (2020A)	bill		enacted	Janet Buckner Leslie Herod Rhonda Fields	8	13	2	2020-01-08T07:00:00+00:00	2020-03-06T07:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/0f32baea-78f9-4849-ade6-617008a3f0ab	http://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb20-1048	ad7ec0bcd7003a660b2e981378737e436a64cd5097732cbc9d896461fb308bbf	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-co

Colorado HB 20-1048 (2020A) — Race Trait Hairstyle Anti-discrimination Protect

The act enacts the "Creating a Respectful and Open World for Natural Hair Act of 2020", also known as the "CROWN Act of 2020", which specifies that, for purposes of anti-discrimination laws in the context of public education, employment practices, housing, public accommodations, and advertising, protections against discrimination on the basis of one's race include hair texture, hair type, or a protective hairstyle commonly or historically associated with race, such as braids, locs, twists, tight coils or curls, cornrows, Bantu knots, Afros, and headwraps.

Version chain

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

1. Committee Amendment (committee substitute) — source
2. Engrossed (02/10/2020) (committee substitute) — source
3. Final Act (03/05/2020) (committee substitute) — source
4. Introduced (01/08/2020) (committee substitute) — source
5. Reengrossed (02/12/2020) (committee substitute) — source
6. Rerevised (02/28/2020) (committee substitute) — source
7. Revised (02/27/2020) (committee substitute) — source
8. Signed Act (03/06/2020) (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• BILL — 42–21 (pass) · lower
• BILL — 23–11 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Janet Buckner — primary (person)
• Leslie Herod — primary (person)
• Rhonda Fields — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2020-03-06T07:00:00+00:00 Governor Signed executive-signature
• 2020-03-06T07:00:00+00:00 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2020-03-05T07:00:00+00:00 Signed by the President of the Senate
• 2020-03-05T07:00:00+00:00 Signed by the Speaker of the House
• 2020-03-03T07:00:00+00:00 House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments reading-3, passage
• 2020-02-28T07:00:00+00:00 Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments reading-3, passage
• 2020-02-27T07:00:00+00:00 Senate Second Reading Passed - No Amendments reading-2
• 2020-02-24T07:00:00+00:00 Senate Committee on State, Veterans, & Military Affairs Refer Unamended to Senate Committee of the Whole committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2020-02-13T07:00:00+00:00 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to State, Veterans, & Military Affairs introduction
• 2020-02-11T07:00:00+00:00 House Third Reading Laid Over Daily - No Amendments
• 2020-02-10T07:00:00+00:00 House Second Reading Passed with Amendments - Floor reading-2
• 2020-02-05T07:00:00+00:00 House Committee on Business Affairs & Labor Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2020-01-08T07:00:00+00:00 Introduced In House - Assigned to Business Affairs & Labor introduction

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/0f32baea-78f9-4849-ade6-617008a3f0ab. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).