AZ HB2865

Prohibits employers, labor organizations, and training programs from discriminating against individuals based on protective hairstyles (braids, locks, buns, tsiiyeels, twists), race, or ethnicity.

Prohibits private schools at all levels (nursery through postgraduate) from discriminating against students or individuals based on protective hairstyles, race, or ethnicity.

Defines "race or ethnicity" to include ancestry, color, ethnic group identification, ethnic background, and traits historically associated with race including hair texture and protective hairstyles.

Establishes legislative findings that hair discrimination targeting hairstyles associated with race constitutes racial discrimination and that Eurocentric grooming policies have disparate impact on Black individuals.