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type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT CREATING A RESPECTFUL AND OPEN WORLD FOR NATURAL HAIR."
description: "AN ACT CREATING A RESPECTFUL AND OPEN WORLD FOR NATURAL HAIR."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ct"
legislature: "Connecticut General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 6515"
citation: "Connecticut HB 6515 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Discrimination", "Racial discrimination"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Berger-girvalo, Aimee", "Blumenthal, Matt", "Candelaria, Juan R.", "Concepcion, Julio A.", "Conley, Christine", "Currey, Jeff", "Dathan, Lucy", "Dillon, Patricia A.", "Duff, Bob", "Elliott, Josh", "Farrar, Kate", "Felipe, Antonio", "Foster, Jaime S.", "Gibson, Bobby G.", "Gilchrest, Jillian", "Goupil, Christine", "Gucker, Kenneth M", "Hall, Joshua M.", "Hennessy, John \"jack\" F.", "Hughes, Anne M.", "Johnson, Susan M.", "Kavros Degraw, Eleni", "Kushner, Julie", "Leeper, Jennifer", "Lemar, Roland J.", "Lesser, Matthew L.", "Looney, Martin M.", "Luxenberg, Geoff", "Mcgee, Brandon L.", "Michel, David", "Morrin Bello, Amy", "Nolan, Anthony L.", "Osten, Catherine A.", "Parker, John-michael", "Porter, Robyn A.", "Ritter, Matthew", "Rochelle, Kara", "Rojas, Jason", "Rosario, Christopher", "Sanchez, Emmanuel", "Santiago, Hilda E.", "Smith, Brian T.", "Stallworth, Charlie L.", "Thomas, Stephanie", "Turco, Gary A.", "Vargas, Edwin", "Welander, Mary", "Winkler, Michael A."]
version_count: 2
action_count: 11
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-02-23"
last_action: "2021-03-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6fc39f12-f6c6-4948-bf4f-21e20387511f"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.cga.ct.gov/pub/data/bill_info.csv"
source_hash: "cb016f4bfb3c504042340316287470076d3ceade99441a84fc0a86d83e44affe"
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-ct"]
---
# Connecticut HB 6515 (2021) — AN ACT CREATING A RESPECTFUL AND OPEN WORLD FOR NATURAL HAIR.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **New Bill** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2021/TOB/H/PDF/2021HB-06515-R00-HB.PDF)
2. **Public Act No. 21-2** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2021/ACT/PA/PDF/2021PA-00002-R00HB-06515-PA.PDF)
## Sponsors
- Berger-girvalo, Aimee — primary (person)
- Blumenthal, Matt — primary (person)
- Candelaria, Juan R. — primary (person)
- Concepcion, Julio A. — primary (person)
- Conley, Christine — primary (person)
- Currey, Jeff — primary (person)
- Dathan, Lucy — primary (person)
- Dillon, Patricia A. — primary (person)
- Duff, Bob — primary (person)
- Elliott, Josh — primary (person)
- Farrar, Kate — primary (person)
- Felipe, Antonio — primary (person)
- Foster, Jaime S. — primary (person)
- Gibson, Bobby G. — primary (person)
- Gilchrest, Jillian — primary (person)
- Goupil, Christine — primary (person)
- Gucker, Kenneth M — primary (person)
- Hall, Joshua M. — primary (person)
- Hennessy, John "jack" F. — primary (person)
- Hughes, Anne M. — primary (person)
- Johnson, Susan M. — primary (person)
- Kavros Degraw, Eleni — primary (person)
- Kushner, Julie — primary (person)
- Leeper, Jennifer — primary (person)
- Lemar, Roland J. — primary (person)
- Lesser, Matthew L. — primary (person)
- Looney, Martin M. — primary (person)
- Luxenberg, Geoff — primary (person)
- Mcgee, Brandon L. — primary (person)
- Michel, David — primary (person)
- Morrin Bello, Amy — primary (person)
- Nolan, Anthony L. — primary (person)
- Osten, Catherine A. — primary (person)
- Parker, John-michael — primary (person)
- Porter, Robyn A. — primary (person)
- Ritter, Matthew — primary (person)
- Rochelle, Kara — primary (person)
- Rojas, Jason — primary (person)
- Rosario, Christopher — primary (person)
- Sanchez, Emmanuel — primary (person)
- Santiago, Hilda E. — primary (person)
- Smith, Brian T. — primary (person)
- Stallworth, Charlie L. — primary (person)
- Thomas, Stephanie — primary (person)
- Turco, Gary A. — primary (person)
- Vargas, Edwin — primary (person)
- Welander, Mary — primary (person)
- Winkler, Michael A. — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2021-02-23** EMERGENCY CERTIFICATION
- **2021-02-24** HOUSE PASSED `passage`
- **2021-02-24** RULES SUSPENDED, TRANSMITTED TO SENATE
- **2021-02-25** TABLED FOR CAL., SENATE
- **2021-02-25** SENATE CALENDAR NUMBER 46
- **2021-03-01** SENATE PASSED `passage`
- **2021-03-01** IN CONCURRENCE
- **2021-03-01** IMMEDIATE TRANSMITTAL TO THE GOV.
- **2021-03-04** SIGNED BY GOVERNOR IN ORIGINAL `executive-signature`
- **2021-03-10** PUBLIC ACT 21-2
- **2021-03-25** TRANSMITTED TO SECRETARY OF THE STATE
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6fc39f12-f6c6-4948-bf4f-21e20387511f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Connecticut legislature records).