City of Milwaukee - File #: 200840

• File #: 200840
• Version: 0
• Type: Ordinance
• Status: Passed
• File created: 10/13/2020
• In control: COMMON COUNCIL
• Final action: 1/19/2021
• Effective date: 2/6/2021
• Title: An ordinance relating to discrimination against people having hairstyles associated with racial, ethnic, or cultural identities.
• Sponsors: ALD. HAMILTON, ALD. COGGS, ALD. LEWIS, ALD. DODD, ALD. JOHNSON
• Indexes: DISCRIMINATION

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result	Tally
2/5/2021	0	CITY CLERK	PUBLISHED
1/28/2021	0	MAYOR	SIGNED
1/19/2021	0	COMMON COUNCIL	PASSED; Minutes note: President Johnson asked to be added as co-sponsor. There were no objections.	Pass	15:0
1/11/2021	0	JUDICIARY & LEGISLATION COMMITTEE	RECOMMENDED FOR PASSAGE; Minutes note: Appearing: Sponsors: Hamilton, Coggs	Pass	5:0
10/26/2020	0	JUDICIARY & LEGISLATION COMMITTEE	HELD TO CALL OF THE CHAIR	Pass	4:0
10/12/2020	0	COMMON COUNCIL	ASSIGNED TO

Number
200840
Version
ORIGINAL
Reference

Sponsor
ALD. HAMILTON, COGGS, LEWIS, DODD, AND JOHNSON
Title
An ordinance relating to discrimination against people having hairstyles associated with racial, ethnic, or cultural identities.
Section
109-5-12 am
109-5-12.5 cr

Analysis
This ordinance prohibits discrimination against a person having a protective hairstyle, which is associated with a racial, ethnic, or other cultural identity and includes braids, locs, twists, and other hairstyles related to the characteristics of hair texture.
Body
The Mayor and Common Council of the City of Milwaukee do ordain as follows:

Part 1. Section 109-5-12 of the code is amended to read:

109-5. Definitions.
12. PROTECTED PERSON means any individual intended to be protected from violations of prohibited discrimination under this chapter. This includes an individual’s sex, race, religion, color, national origin or ancestry, age, disability, lawful source of income, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, victimhood of domestic abuse or sexual assault, >>protective hairstyle,<< past or present membership in the military service, HIV status, domestic partnership, genetic identity, homelessness, familial status, or an individual’s affiliation or perceived affiliation with any of these categories.

Part 2. Section 109-5-12.5 of the code is created to read:

12.5. PROTECTIVE HAIRSTYLE means a hairstyle necessitated by, or resulting from, the characteristics of a hair texture associated with race, such as natural hair, braids, locks, an afro, curls, cornrows, twists, and any other hairstyle, treated or untreated, which is commonly associated with a racial, ethnic, or cultural identity.






LRB
APPROVED AS TO FORM


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Attorney
IT IS OUR OPINION THAT THE ORDINANCE
IS LEGAL AND ENFORCEABLE


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