# 119-s-751: CROWN Act of 2025

119-s-751, CROWN Act of 2025, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Sen. Booker, Cory A. [D-NJ] (D-NJ); status introduced; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-08-11).

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## Facts
- Bill: 119-s-751
- Congress: 119
- Title: CROWN Act of 2025
- Status: introduced
- Introduced: 2025-02-26
- Sponsor: Sen. Booker, Cory A. [D-NJ] (D-NJ)
- Cosponsors: 1
- Policy area: Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
- Touches household money: yes
- Last recorded action: 2026-08-11

## Summary

**Would add hair texture and hairstyles associated with race or national origin to federal civil rights protections.** It would redefine race and national origin so grooming rules that target natural Black hair receive explicit coverage across schools, workplaces, housing, public accommodations, and federally funded programs. - Students and participants in federally funded programs would be protected from school or program grooming policies that disproportionately discipline or exclude hairstyles tied to African descent. - Workers would be barred from hiring, firing, or training decisions based on hair texture or hairstyles, with enforcement modeled on Title VII employment law. - People seeking housing or using public businesses would gain explicit protections against housing and public accommodation rules that target hair, enforced through the Fair Housing Act and Title II frameworks.

## Cosponsors (1)

- Sen. Collins, Susan M. [R-ME] (R-ME), 2025-02-26T00:00:00.000Z

## Provisions PRIA read

- Contracts: Ban hair discrimination: benefit, medium. If enacted, people could not be denied contracts or treated unfairly in making or enforcing contracts because of hair linked to a race or national origin. Examples listed include locs, cornrows, twists, braids, Bantu knots, Afros, and tightly coiled or tightly curled hair. Enforcement would follow…
- Federal programs: Ban hair discrimination: benefit, medium. If enacted, any program that gets federal money could not exclude you, deny you benefits, or treat you worse because of hair linked to a race or national origin. Examples include locs, cornrows, braids, Bantu knots, Afros, and tightly coiled or tightly curled hair. Enforcement would follow Title VI…
- Public places: Ban hair discrimination: benefit, medium. If enacted, businesses open to the public could not deny you service or treat you differently because of hair linked to a race or national origin. The bill names examples such as locs, cornrows, twists, braids, Bantu knots, Afros, and tightly coiled or tightly curled hair. Enforcement would follow…
- Housing: Ban hair discrimination: benefit, medium. If enacted, housing providers could not deny you housing, evict you, or treat you worse because of hair linked to a race or national origin. The bill names locs, cornrows, twists, braids, Bantu knots, Afros, and tightly coiled or tightly curled hair as examples. Enforcement would follow the Fair Ho…
- Workers: Ban on hair discrimination: benefit, medium. If enacted, employers, agencies, labor groups, and training programs could not refuse to hire, fire, or discriminate against you because of hair linked to a race or national origin. Examples named include locs, cornrows, twists, braids, Bantu knots, Afros, and tightly coiled or tightly curled hair.…
- Keeps current race and origin definitions: benefit, low. If enacted, the bill would say it does not narrow how "race" or "national origin" are defined under key civil rights laws. This is an interpretive rule and would not by itself create new benefits. It would take effect upon enactment.

## Related bills

- 119-s-5066: Health Equity and Accountability Act of 2026
- 119-s-5022: Cannabis Administration and Opportunity Act
- 119-s-5283: Momnibus Act
- 119-s-1507: Agriculture Resilience Act of 2025
- 119-s-554: United States-Israel Defense Partnership Act of 2025
- 119-s-4504: Full-Service Community School Expansion Act of 2026

## Sources
- [119-s-751 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/751)

## Related
- [119-s-5066: Health Equity and Accountability Act of 2026](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-5066)
- [119-s-5022: Cannabis Administration and Opportunity Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-5022)
- [119-s-5283: Momnibus Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-5283)
- [119-s-1507: Agriculture Resilience Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-1507)
- [119-s-554: United States-Israel Defense Partnership Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-554)
- [119-s-4504: Full-Service Community School Expansion Act of 2026](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-4504)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-751 (as of 2026-08-11).