ORDINANCE, from Paula Boggs Muething, City Solicitor, MODIFYING provisions of Chapter 914 of the Cincinnati Municipal Code, “Unlawful Discriminatory Practices,” by AMENDING Section 914-1-D1, “Discriminate,” AMENDING Section 914-1-R, “Restrictive Covenant”; ENACTING new Section 914-1-T1, “Natural Hair Types and Natural Hairstyles Commonly Associated with Race”; AMENDING Section 914-3, “Housing Discrimination Prohibited”; and AMENDING Section 914-5, “Employment Discrimination Prohibited,” for the purpose of prohibiting discrimination based on natural hair types and natural hairstyles historically and commonly associated with race, including but not limited to, hair textures and protective hairstyles commonly associated with African-Americans and their racial, ethnic, and cultural identities, in order to create an inclusive, respectful, and open community.

Committee

Cincinnati City Council

Introduced

June 24, 2025

Passed

October 9, 2019

Enactment no.

0379-2019

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