House Bill 1394
2023-2024 Regular Session
An Act amending the act of October 27, 1955 (P.L.744, No.222), known as the Pennsylvania Human Relations Act, further providing for definitions.
Co-Sponsorship Memo
Prime Sponsor

Representative La'Tasha Mayes
D House District 24
Co-Sponsors

Rep. Joanna McClinton
D House District 191

Rep. Anthony Bellmon
D House District 203

Rep. Joseph Hohenstein
D House District 177

Rep. Christopher Rabb
D House District 200

Rep. Stephen Kinsey
D House District 201

Rep. Jeanne McNeill
D House District 133

Rep. Malcolm Kenyatta
D House District 181

Rep. Mandy Steele
D House District 33

Rep. Tarah Probst
D House District 189

Rep. Maureen Madden
D House District 115

Rep. Tim Brennan
D House District 29

Rep. Michael Schlossberg
D House District 132

Rep. Carol Hill-Evans
D House District 95

Rep. Liz Hanbidge
D House District 61

Rep. Carol Kazeem
D House District 159

Rep. Jessica Benham
D House District 36

Rep. Lisa Borowski
D House District 168

Rep. Ismail Smith-Wade-El
D House District 49

Rep. Melissa Cerrato
D House District 151

Rep. Patty Kim
D House District 103

Rep. Perry Warren
D House District 31

Rep. Nick Pisciottano
D House District 38

Rep. Robert Merski
D House District 2

Rep. Darisha K. Parker
D House District 198

Rep. Donna Bullock
D House District 195

Rep. Abigail Salisbury
D House District 34

Rep. Tarik Khan
D House District 194

Rep. Melissa Shusterman
D House District 157

Rep. Johanny Cepeda-Freytiz
D House District 129

Rep. Ben Waxman
D House District 182

Rep. Steven Malagari
D House District 53

Rep. Dave Madsen
D House District 104

Rep. Gina Curry
D House District 164

Rep. Kyle Donahue
D House District 113

Rep. Amen Brown
D House District 10

Rep. Aerion Abney
D House District 19

Rep. Sara Innamorato
D House District 21

Rep. Jordan Harris
D House District 186

Rep. Napoleon J. Nelson
D House District 154

Rep. Rick Krajewski
D House District 188

Rep. Greg Scott
D House District 54

Rep. Paul Takac
D House District 82

Rep. Dan Frankel
D House District 23

Rep. Regina G. Young
D House District 185

Rep. Benjamin Sanchez
D House District 153

Rep. Dan Williams
D House District 74

Rep. G. Roni Green
D House District 190

Rep. Elizabeth Fiedler
D House District 184

Rep. Kyle Mullins
D House District 112

Rep. Mary Jo Daley
D House District 148

Rep. Matthew Gergely
D House District 35

Rep. Manuel Guzman
D House District 127

Rep. Danielle Friel Otten
D House District 155

Rep. Joe McAndrew
D House District 32

Rep. Heather Boyd
D House District 163

Rep. Justin Fleming
D House District 105

Rep. Joe Webster
D House District 150

Rep. Jennifer O'Mara
D House District 165

Rep. Paul Friel
D House District 26

Rep. Bridget Kosierowski
D House District 114

Rep. Tim Briggs
D House District 149

Rep. Danilo Burgos
D House District 197

Rep. Daniel Deasy
D House District 27

Rep. Brandon Markosek
D House District 25

Rep. Kristine Howard
D House District 167

Rep. Chris Pielli
D House District 156

Rep. Scott Conklin
D House District 77

Rep. Morgan Cephas
D House District 192

Rep. Pat Gallagher
D House District 173

Rep. Anita Kulik
D House District 45

Rep. Emily Kinkead
D House District 20

Rep. Joshua Siegel
D House District 22

Rep. Jose Giral
D House District 180

Rep. Joe Ciresi
D House District 146

Rep. Nancy Guenst
D House District 152

Rep. Christina Sappey
D House District 158

Rep. David Delloso
D House District 162

Rep. Tina Davis
D House District 141
Bill Status & History
Last Action: Referred to State Government, Aug. 1, 2023
Senate
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1556 | Referred to State Government, June 13, 2023 |
Reported as committed, June 20, 2023 | |
First consideration, June 20, 2023 | |
Re-committed to Rules, June 20, 2023 | |
Re-reported as committed, June 29, 2023 | |
1827 | Second consideration, with amendments, July 6, 2023 |
Re-committed to Appropriations, July 6, 2023 | |
(Remarks see House Journal Page 1060-1073), July 6, 2023 | |
Re-reported as committed, July 7, 2023 | |
Third consideration and final passage, July 7, 2023 (182-21) | |
(Remarks see House Journal Page 1113-1115), July 7, 2023 | |
In the Senate | |
Referred to State Government, Aug. 1, 2023 |
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Votes
Friday, July 7, 2023
House APPROPRIATIONS Committee Vote
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Tuesday, June 20, 2023 - House STATE GOVERNMENT Committee Vote
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Committee Meetings
Voting meeting on and any other business that may come before the committee.
Voting meeting on and any other business that may come before the committee.
Voting meeting on HB 1394, HR 149, HR 152 and HOUSE BILL 1394 PN 1556 (MAYES)—Amends the Human Relations Act to implement the CROWN Act to prohibit discrimination against a person's hair texture or hairstyle.|
HOUSE RESOLUTION 149 PN 1547 (MALAGARI)—Recognizes June 19, 2023, as "Korean-American Citizenship Day" in Pennsylvania.|
HOUSE RESOLUTION 152 PN 1587 (BULLOCK)—Recognizes June 19, 2023, as "Juneteenth Independence Day" in Pennsylvania, and any other business that may come before the committee.
Voting meeting on HB 1394, HR 149, HR 152 and HOUSE BILL 1394 PN 1556 (MAYES)—Amends the Human Relations Act to implement the CROWN Act to prohibit discrimination against a person's hair texture or hairstyle.|
HOUSE RESOLUTION 149 PN 1547 (MALAGARI)—Recognizes June 19, 2023, as "Korean-American Citizenship Day" in Pennsylvania.|
HOUSE RESOLUTION 152 PN 1587 (BULLOCK)—Recognizes June 19, 2023, as "Juneteenth Independence Day" in Pennsylvania, and any other business that may come before the committee.
Statute References
This bill amends the act of October 27, 1955 (P.L.0744, No.0222), known as the Pennsylvania Human Relations Act. Other bills amending the same statute are listed below.

Rep. John Galloway
D House District 140

Rep. Nancy Guenst
D House District 152

Rep. Ed Neilson
D House District 174
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October 27, 1955 (P.L.0744, No.0222), known as the Pennsylvania Human Relations Act
House Bill 1394
2023-2024 Regular Session
Sponsors
MAYES, McCLINTON, BELLMON, HOHENSTEIN, RABB, KINSEY, McNEILL, KENYATTA, STEELE, PROBST, MADDEN, BRENNAN, SCHLOSSBERG, HILL-EVANS, HANBIDGE, KAZEEM, BENHAM, BOROWSKI, SMITH-WADE-EL, CERRATO, KIM, WARREN, PISCIOTTANO, MERSKI, PARKER, BULLOCK, SALISBURY, KHAN, SHUSTERMAN, CEPEDA-FREYTIZ, WAXMAN, MALAGARI, MADSEN, CURRY, DONAHUE, A. BROWN, ABNEY, INNAMORATO, J.HARRIS, N. NELSON, KRAJEWSKI, SCOTT, TAKAC, FRANKEL, YOUNG, SANCHEZ, D. WILLIAMS, GREEN, FIEDLER, MULLINS, DALEY, GERGELY, GUZMAN, OTTEN, McANDREW, BOYD, FLEMING, WEBSTER, O'MARA, FRIEL, KOSIEROWSKI, BRIGGS, BURGOS, DEASY, MARKOSEK, HOWARD, PIELLI, CONKLIN, CEPHAS, GALLAGHER, KULIK, KINKEAD, SIEGEL, GIRAL, CIRESI, GUENST, SAPPEY, DELLOSO, T. DAVIS
Short Title
An Act amending the act of October 27, 1955 (P.L.744, No.222), known as the Pennsylvania Human Relations Act, further providing for definitions.
Memo Subject
CROWN Act: Ending Hair Type, Hair Texture and Hairstyle Discrimination
Actions
1556 | Referred to STATE GOVERNMENT, June 13, 2023 |
Reported as committed, June 20, 2023 | |
First consideration, June 20, 2023 | |
Re-committed to RULES, June 20, 2023 | |
Re-reported as committed, June 29, 2023 | |
1827 | Second consideration, with amendments, July 6, 2023 |
Re-committed to APPROPRIATIONS, July 6, 2023 | |
(Remarks see House Journal Page 1060-1073), July 6, 2023 | |
Re-reported as committed, July 7, 2023 | |
Third consideration and final passage, July 7, 2023 (182-21) | |
(Remarks see House Journal Page 1113-1115), July 7, 2023 | |
In the Senate | |
Referred to STATE GOVERNMENT, Aug. 1, 2023 |
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