republic-os/legislation/us/states/co/2024a/hb-24-1451.md

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type	title	description	jurisdiction	legislature	session	identifier	citation	classification	subjects	status	primary_sponsors	version_count	action_count	vote_count	first_action	last_action	source	source_identifier	source_url	source_hash	vintage	source_snapshot	retrieved_at	confidence	tags
Bill	Include Hair Length in CROWN Act	In 2020, the general assembly enacted the "CROWN Act of 2020", which specified that, for purposes of anti-discrimination laws in the context of public education, employment and housing practices, public accommodations, and advertising, discrimination on the basis of one's race includes discrimination on the basis of traits commonly or historically associated with race, such as hair texture, hair type, and protective hairstyles. The act adds hair length that is commonly or historically associated with race to the list of traits associated with one's race.	us/states/co	Colorado General Assembly	2024A	HB 24-1451	Colorado HB 24-1451 (2024A)	bill		enacted	James Coleman Janet Buckner Leslie Herod Naquetta Ricks	8	12	2	2024-04-15T06:00:00+00:00	2024-06-03T06:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/186f9d04-0794-49d7-a9d4-e46068a78693	https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/hb24-1451	eae44c2ff915563cc80383c50cd7b1dc8499c8d8e77d4f9e56799a2b87cd0cb1	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-co

Colorado HB 24-1451 (2024A) — Include Hair Length in CROWN Act

In 2020, the general assembly enacted the "CROWN Act of 2020", which specified that, for purposes of anti-discrimination laws in the context of public education, employment and housing practices, public accommodations, and advertising, discrimination on the basis of one's race includes discrimination on the basis of traits commonly or historically associated with race, such as hair texture, hair type, and protective hairstyles. The act adds hair length that is commonly or historically associated with race to the list of traits associated with one's race.

Version chain

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

1. Committee Amendment (committee substitute) — source
2. Engrossed (04/24/2024) (committee substitute) — source
3. Final Act (05/16/2024) (committee substitute) — source
4. Introduced (04/15/2024) (committee substitute) — source
5. Reengrossed (04/25/2024) (committee substitute) — source
6. Rerevised (05/03/2024) (committee substitute) — source
7. Revised (05/02/2024) (committee substitute) — source
8. Signed Act (06/03/2024) (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• BILL — 48–14 (pass) · lower
• BILL — 27–7 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• James Coleman — primary (person)
• Janet Buckner — primary (person)
• Leslie Herod — primary (person)
• Naquetta Ricks — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-06-03T06:00:00+00:00 Governor Signed executive-signature
• 2024-05-16T06:00:00+00:00 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2024-05-16T06:00:00+00:00 Signed by the President of the Senate
• 2024-05-16T06:00:00+00:00 Signed by the Speaker of the House
• 2024-05-03T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments passage, reading-3
• 2024-05-02T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments
• 2024-05-01T06:00:00+00:00 Senate Committee on State, Veterans, & Military Affairs Refer Unamended to Senate Committee of the Whole committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2024-04-26T06:00:00+00:00 Introduced In Senate - Assigned to State, Veterans, & Military Affairs introduction
• 2024-04-25T06:00:00+00:00 House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments passage, reading-3
• 2024-04-24T06:00:00+00:00 House Second Reading Special Order - Passed - No Amendments
• 2024-04-22T06:00:00+00:00 House Committee on State, Civic, Military, & Veterans Affairs Refer Unamended to House Committee of the Whole committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2024-04-15T06:00:00+00:00 Introduced In House - Assigned to State, Civic, Military, & Veterans Affairs introduction

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/186f9d04-0794-49d7-a9d4-e46068a78693. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).