CROWN Act of 2022
Latest action · Mar 21, 2022 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedMar 19, 2021
- Passed HouseMar 18, 2022
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Creating a Respectful and Open World for Natural Hair Act of 2022 or the CROWN Act of 2022
This bill prohibits discrimination based on a person's hair texture or hairstyle if that style or texture is commonly associated with a particular race or national origin. Specifically, the bill prohibits this type of discrimination against those participating in federally assisted programs, housing programs, public accommodations, and employment.
Persons shall not be deprived of equal rights under the law and shall not be subjected to prohibited practices based on their hair texture or style.
The bill provides for enforcement procedures under the applicable laws.
Recorded votes 2
Newest first. Open one to see how every member voted.
| Roll call | Question | Result | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| House 82 | On Passage | Passed235–189 | Mar 18, 2022 |
| House 48 | On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended | Failed235–188 | Feb 28, 2022 |
Cosponsors 116
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Mar 19, 2021 to Feb 25, 2022; 30 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-NY | Adriano Espaillat | Original | Mar 19, 2021 |
| D-FL | Alcee L. Hastings | Original | Mar 19, 2021 |
| D-MD | Anthony G. Brown | Original | Mar 19, 2021 |
| D-MA | Ayanna Pressley | Original | Mar 19, 2021 |
| D-CA | Barbara Lee | Original | Mar 19, 2021 |
| D-MS | Bennie G. Thompson | Original | Mar 19, 2021 |
| D-MI | Brenda L. Lawrence | Original | Mar 19, 2021 |
| D-NY | Carolyn B. Maloney | Original | Mar 19, 2021 |
| D-MO | Cori Bush | Original | Mar 19, 2021 |
| D-IL | Danny K. Davis | Original | Mar 19, 2021 |
| D-NJ | Donald M. Payne, Jr. | Original | Mar 19, 2021 |
| D-PA | Dwight Evans | Original | Mar 19, 2021 |
| D-TX | Eddie Bernice Johnson | Original | Mar 19, 2021 |
| D-DC | Eleanor Holmes Norton | Original | Mar 19, 2021 |
| D-FL | Frederica S. Wilson | Original | Mar 19, 2021 |
| D-NC | G. K. Butterfield | Original | Mar 19, 2021 |
| D-WI | Gwen Moore | Original | Mar 19, 2021 |
| D-MN | Ilhan Omar | Original | Mar 19, 2021 |
| D-CT | Jahana Hayes | Original | Mar 19, 2021 |
| D-NY | Jerrold Nadler | Original | Mar 19, 2021 |
| D-TX | Joaquin Castro | Original | Mar 19, 2021 |
| D-OH | Joyce Beatty | Original | Mar 19, 2021 |
| D-DE | Lisa Blunt Rochester | Original | Mar 19, 2021 |
| D-WA | Marilyn Strickland | Original | Mar 19, 2021 |
| D-GA | Nikema Williams | Original | Mar 19, 2021 |
| D-CA | Ro Khanna | Original | Mar 19, 2021 |
| D-IL | Robin L. Kelly | Original | Mar 19, 2021 |
| D-NV | Steven Horsford | Original | Mar 19, 2021 |
| D-FL | Val Butler Demings | Original | Mar 19, 2021 |
| D-NY | Yvette D. Clarke | Original | Mar 19, 2021 |
| D-FL | Al Lawson, Jr. | Apr 5, 2021 | |
| D-TN | Steve Cohen | Apr 5, 2021 | |
| D-CA | Anna G. Eshoo | Jun 8, 2021 | |
| D-KY | John A. Yarmuth | Jun 8, 2021 | |
| D-NY | Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez | Jun 11, 2021 | |
| D-FL | Debbie Wasserman Schultz | Jun 11, 2021 | |
| D-NC | Deborah K. Ross | Jun 11, 2021 | |
| D-NY | Jamaal Bowman | Jun 11, 2021 | |
| D-MA | Katherine M. Clark | Jun 11, 2021 | |
| D-NY | Ritchie Torres | Jun 11, 2021 | |
| D-MA | William R. Keating | Jun 11, 2021 | |
| D-WI | Mark Pocan | Jun 14, 2021 | |
| D-IL | Bobby L. Rush | Jun 22, 2021 | |
| D-CA | Karen Bass | Jun 22, 2021 | |
| D-AL | Terri A. Sewell | Jun 22, 2021 | |
| D-NY | Gregory W. Meeks | Jun 29, 2021 | |
| D-NC | David E. Price | Jul 6, 2021 | |
| D-VI | Stacey E. Plaskett | Jul 6, 2021 | |
| D-IL | Bill Foster | Jul 13, 2021 | |
| D-CA | Sara Jacobs | Jul 27, 2021 | |
| D-NC | Alma S. Adams | Sep 17, 2021 | |
| D-IN | André Carson | Sep 17, 2021 | |
| R-NE | Don Bacon | Sep 17, 2021 | |
| D-NY | Hakeem S. Jeffries | Sep 17, 2021 | |
| D-CA | Maxine Waters | Sep 17, 2021 | |
| D-NY | Mondaire Jones | Sep 17, 2021 | |
| D-AZ | Ruben Gallego | Sep 17, 2021 | |
| D-TX | Sheila Jackson Lee | Sep 17, 2021 | |
| D-MD | David J. Trone | Sep 20, 2021 | |
| D-RI | David N. Cicilline | Sep 20, 2021 | |
| D-OR | Kurt Schrader | Sep 20, 2021 | |
| D-TX | Al Green | Sep 21, 2021 | |
| D-TX | Colin Z. Allred | Sep 21, 2021 | |
| D-MO | Emanuel Cleaver | Sep 21, 2021 | |
| D-GA | Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr. | Sep 21, 2021 | |
| D-IL | Janice D. Schakowsky | Sep 21, 2021 | |
| D-CO | Joe Neguse | Sep 21, 2021 | |
| D-FL | Kathy Castor | Sep 21, 2021 | |
| D-MD | Kweisi Mfume | Sep 21, 2021 | |
| D-GA | Lucy McBath | Sep 21, 2021 | |
| D-TX | Marc A. Veasey | Sep 21, 2021 | |
| D-PA | Mary Gay Scanlon | Sep 21, 2021 | |
| D-MI | Rashida Tlaib | Sep 21, 2021 | |
| D-GA | Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. | Sep 21, 2021 | |
| D-NJ | Bill Pascrell, Jr. | Sep 22, 2021 | |
| D-OR | Earl Blumenauer | Sep 22, 2021 | |
| D-LA | Troy A. Carter | Sep 22, 2021 | |
| D-WA | Derek Kilmer | Sep 23, 2021 | |
| D-VA | Gerald E. Connolly | Sep 23, 2021 | |
| D-SC | James E. Clyburn | Sep 23, 2021 | |
| D-IL | Lauren Underwood | Sep 23, 2021 | |
| D-WA | Pramila Jayapal | Sep 23, 2021 | |
| D-CA | Tony Cárdenas | Sep 23, 2021 | |
| D-CA | Mark DeSaulnier | Sep 24, 2021 | |
| D-TX | Veronica Escobar | Sep 24, 2021 | |
| D-AZ | Greg Stanton | Sep 27, 2021 | |
| D-FL | Lois Frankel | Sep 27, 2021 | |
| D-NJ | Frank Pallone, Jr. | Sep 28, 2021 | |
| D-MA | James P. McGovern | Sep 28, 2021 | |
| D-CT | John B. Larson | Sep 28, 2021 | |
| D-NY | Sean Patrick Maloney | Sep 28, 2021 | |
| D-TX | Sylvia R. Garcia | Sep 28, 2021 | |
| D-CA | Ted Lieu | Sep 28, 2021 | |
| D-OH | Tim Ryan | Sep 28, 2021 | |
| D-MD | Jamie Raskin | Sep 29, 2021 | |
| D-NC | Kathy E. Manning | Sep 29, 2021 | |
| D-IL | Mike Quigley | Sep 29, 2021 | |
| D-PA | Brendan F. Boyle | Sep 30, 2021 | |
| D-PA | Madeleine Dean | Sep 30, 2021 | |
| D-CA | Mark Takano | Sep 30, 2021 | |
| D-NJ | Albio Sires | Oct 5, 2021 | |
| D-NJ | Donald Norcross | Oct 5, 2021 | |
| D-CA | J. Luis Correa | Oct 5, 2021 | |
| D-FL | Theodore E. Deutch | Oct 5, 2021 | |
| D-NJ | Mikie Sherrill | Oct 19, 2021 | |
| D-TN | Jim Cooper | Oct 21, 2021 | |
| D-OR | Suzanne Bonamici | Oct 21, 2021 | |
| D-OH | Shontel M. Brown | Nov 15, 2021 | |
| D-ME | Chellie Pingree | Jan 28, 2022 | |
| D-WA | Suzan K. DelBene | Jan 28, 2022 | |
| D-NJ | Tom Malinowski | Feb 1, 2022 | |
| D-NJ | Andy Kim | Feb 22, 2022 | |
| D-VA | A. Donald McEachin | Feb 25, 2022 | |
| D-GA | Carolyn Bourdeaux | Feb 25, 2022 | |
| D-CA | John Garamendi | Feb 25, 2022 | |
| D-FL | Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick | Feb 25, 2022 |
Committees 4
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Judiciary Committee | Referred Mar 19, 2021Markup Sep 30, 2021Reported Feb 25, 2022 |
| Constitution and Limited Government Subcommittee | Referred Oct 19, 2021 | |
| House | Education and Workforce Committee | Referred Mar 19, 2021Discharged Feb 25, 2022 |
| House | Budget Committee | Referred Mar 19, 2021Discharged Feb 25, 2022 |
| Senate | Judiciary Committee | Referred Mar 21, 2022 |
Actions 24
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Mar 21, 2022Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
- Mar 18, 2022Considered under the provisions of rule H. Res. 979. (consideration: CR H3833-3842)
- Mar 18, 2022Rule provides for consideration of H.R. 963 and H.R. 2116. The rule provides for one hour of general debate on both H.R. 963 and H.R. 2116.
- Mar 18, 2022DEBATE - The House proceeded with one hour of debate on H.R. 2116.
- Mar 18, 2022The previous question was ordered pursuant to the rule.
In the Congressional Record 7
Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| House | Debate and remarks H9883 | Bonnie Watson Coleman D-NJ | Dec 15, 2022 |
| Senate | Debate and remarks S7162, S7163 | Cory A. Booker D-NJ, Rand Paul R-KY | Dec 14, 2022 |
| House | Debate and remarks H5474 | Bonnie Watson Coleman D-NJ | Jun 13, 2022 |
| House | Debate and remarks H3833–H3842Text printed H3833Recorded votes H3841enactLists H3842Votes recorded by proxy on H.R. 2116, Creating a Respectful and Open World for Natural Hair (CROWN) Act | Al Green D-TX, Ayanna Pressley D-MA, Barbara Lee D-CA, Bonnie Watson Coleman D-NJ, Cori Bush D-MO, Dan Bishop R-NC, Gwen Moore D-WI, Jerrold Nadler D-NY, Jim Jordan R-OH, Josh Gottheimer D-NJ, Nikema Williams D-GA, Sheila Jackson Lee D-TX, Steny H. Hoyer D-MD, Steve Cohen D-TN | Mar 18, 2022 |
| House | Debate and remarks H3753, H3754–H3760Text printed H3754Amendments H3758Recorded votes H3759consideration (H. Res. 979), previous questionLists H3759, H3760Votes recorded by proxy on H. Res. 979, consideration of H.R. 2116, Creating a Respectful and Open World for Natural Hair (CROWN) ActVotes recorded by proxy on previous question to H. Res. 979, consideration of H.R. 2116, Creating a Respectful and Open World for Natural Hair (CROWN) Act | Bill Johnson R-OH, Dusty Johnson R-SD, Jeff Duncan R-SC, Lance Gooden R-TX, Michelle Fischbach R-MN (amendment), Norma J. Torres D-CA, Shontel M. Brown D-OH, Stacey E. Plaskett D-VI | Mar 16, 2022 |
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Committee report
Congressional Budget Office cost estimate
- Jan 19, 2022H.R. 2116, CROWN Act of 2021As ordered reported by the House Committee on the Judiciary on September 30, 2021
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 167, no. 52, March 19, 2021, page H1613.
Amendments 1
Amendments offered to this bill.
| Amendment | Description | Offered by | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| HAmdt 185 | Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 979, the amendment in the nature of a substitute consisting of the text of Rules Committee Print 117-36 is considered adopted. | Rules Committee | On agreeing to the Rules amendment (A001) Agreed to without objection. |
Related bills 2
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 888 | CROWN Act of 2021 | Related bill | Mar 22, 2021 |
| HRES 979 | Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 963) to amend title 9 of the United States Code with respect to arbitration, and providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2116) to prohibit discrimination based on an individual's texture or style of hair. | Procedurally related | Mar 16, 2022 |
Titles 9
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To prohibit discrimination based on an individual's texture or style of hair.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Creating a Respectful and Open World for Natural Hair Act of 2021
- CROWN Act of 2021
- Short Title(s) as Reported to House
- CROWN Act of 2021
- Creating a Respectful and Open World for Natural Hair Act of 2021
- Short Title(s) as Passed House
- CROWN Act of 2022
- Creating a Respectful and Open World for Natural Hair Act of 2022
- Short Titles from RFS (Referred to Senate) bill text
- Creating a Respectful and Open World for Natural Hair Act of 2022
- CROWN Act of 2022
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues.
- Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
- Cosmetics and personal care
- Due process and equal protection
- Elementary and secondary education
- Employment discrimination and employee rights
- Higher education
- Housing discrimination
- Poverty and welfare assistance
- Public housing
- Racial and ethnic relations
- State and local government operations
Text 4
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Mar 21, 2022Referred in Senate
- Mar 18, 2022Engrossed in House
- Feb 25, 2022Reported in House
- Mar 19, 2021Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
