Utah Committee Flies Through Hearing On Race-Based Hair Discrimination

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SALT LAKE TRIBUNE – This is the second year Sen. Derek Kitchen of Utah is bringing forward an effort to add hairstyles to discrimination protections.

A bill aimed at preventing race-based hairstyle discrimination has hit a roadblock in the Utah Legislature for the second year running.

This time around, though, lawmakers set the bill aside after fewer than 10 minutes of committee consideration. Members of the Senate Business and Labor Committee gave no explanation for why they decided against moving the legislation to the floor but said they had to hurry through the hearing because of a crowded meeting agenda. Read more.

 
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