This Law Firm Publication by Epstein Becker Green addresses Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont's signing of House Bill 6515, "An Act Creating a Respectful and Open World for Natural Hair" (CROWN Act), which bans natural hair discrimination in the workplace. The CROWN Act amends Connecticut's anti-discrimination statute to define race to include "ethnic traits historically associated with race, including, but not limited to, hair texture and protective hairstyles." The law defines protective hairstyles as including "wigs, headwraps and hairstyles such as individual braids, cornrows, locs, twists, Bantu knots, afros and afro puffs."