(File Photo: Source for Photo: FILE – Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro speaks at the United Neighborhood Centers of Northeastern Pennsylvania Oppenheim Healthy Aging Campus in Scranton, Pa., on Thursday, May 25, 2023. After a top aide to Gov. Shapiro was accused of sexual harassment earlier this year, the governor’s office settled with the complainant for $295K last month, according to documents released by the administration Friday, Oct. 20, through an open records request. (Christopher Dolan/The Times-Tribune via AP, File)

Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Philadelphia, PA) Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro went to the Island Design Natural Hair Studio in West Philadelphia yesterday to sign the CROWN Act into law in Pennsylvania. This act stands for “Creating a Respectful and Open World for Natural Hair” and it solidifies protection against hair discrimination in Pennsylvania. On November 19th, 2025, the bill passed in the Pennsylvania Senate because of a vote of 44-3, which was eight months after they received the bill from the Pennsylvania House of Representatives. Pennsylvania is now the 28th state to enact legislation which prevents hair discrimination.