The bill seeks to ban discrimination based on certain hairstyles — like braids, dreadlocks and twists — in schools, workplaces and housing.
, D-Houston, is sitting in the Senate State Affairs Committee but hasn’t yet received a hearing. Representatives overwhelmingly approved the bill on its second reading with a 141-3 vote.
HB 567 would add to the state’s education, labor and property codes a prohibition on discrimination based on certain hairstyles — including braids, dreadlocks and twists. Versions of the legislation, called the CROWN Act — an acronym for Create a Respectful and Open World for Natural Hair — have been adopted throughout the country since 2019, when school administrators ordered two young men in Mont Belvieu, about 30 miles east of Houston, to cut their hair.
More than a dozen people spoke in favor of the proposal during a House State Affairs Committee hearing last month. Additionally, more than 70 people registered their support for the measure but did not testify; two individuals registered their opposition, according toDakari Davis, a Black police officer who testified in support of the bill, said people shouldn’t be reprimanded for sporting styles that are natural for their hair or specific to certain cultures.
“I remember that night seeing police from all over the state respond to protect Texas, running towards gunfire,” Davis testified. “Today as I reflect on that night, I do not recall anyone stopping to say, ‘Hey, I don’t believe that officer’s hair is professional.’”
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