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| Bill | An Act prohibiting discrimination based on natural and protective hairstyles | An Act prohibiting discrimination based on natural and protective hairstyles | us/states/ma | Massachusetts General Court | 192nd | H 4554 | Massachusetts H 4554 (192nd) |
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1 | 23 | 0 | 2022-03-17 | 2022-07-26 | openstates | ocd-bill/15d93081-6c70-44ba-aced-63cf78febbfb | https://malegislature.gov/Bills/192/H4554 | a59eb7942446d499f8f50306789114c7ad1dea3a79cf563e2eeead1dd4915778 | 2026-07-01 | https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump | 2026-07-06 | reported |
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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.
- Bill Text (committee substitute) — source
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; origin ocd-bill/15d93081-6c70-44ba-aced-63cf78febbfb. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Massachusetts legislature records).