South Dakota employers can no longer refuse to hire, train, or promote someone based on their hair texture, type, or hairstyle—making hair discrimination an illegal employment practice. Employers can only enforce hair-related rules if they're genuinely needed for health and safety reasons, applied equally to everyone, and arrived at in good faith. The South Dakota National Guard is exempt from this rule and can maintain its own grooming standards.
This bill does not directly amend codified state law.
Commerce and Energy Deferred to the 41st legislative day Passed, YEAS 8, NAYS 1.
Commerce and Energy Scheduled for hearing
First read in Senate and referred to Senate Commerce and Energy S.J. 127
Reynold Nesiba
Prime sponsor · Sen.
D
Cosponsors
Commerce and Energy — Deferred to the 41st legislative day