89th General Assembly · Iowa Funnel one-pager · Thursday, November 12, 2026
HF 2513: Prohibiting discrimination based upon racial biases and stereotypes associated with hair texture, hair type, and protective hairstyles in education, employment, housing, and public accommodations
Died when the session ended · The 2022 session adjourned on May 24, 2022, the General Assembly’s last regular session. Bills that didn’t pass both chambers died.
What it does
This bill provides an additional prohibition against discrimination in schools, workplaces, housing, places of public accommodations, and other contexts on the basis of hair texture, hair type, and protective hairstyles that are historically and commonly associated with race.4 (fair employment practices). The bill provides that discrimination on the basis of race includes discrimination on the basis of protective hair styles. The bill defines “protective hairstyles” as including braids, locs, twists, tight coils or curls, cornrows, bantu knots, afros, and headwraps.
Sponsors
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Cost
No fiscal note
In plain words
- February 23, 2022Filed in the House and sent to the Judiciary committee
From public records at legis.iowa.gov, compiled by Iowa Funnel (iowafunnel.com), an independent, nonpartisan site. Current as of Thursday, November 12, 2026. https://iowafunnel.com/bills/89/HF2513