MS HB44

Prohibits employers, schools, and school districts from creating dress codes or policies that ban natural hairstyles including afros, braids, twists, and locs in workplaces and schools

Bans discrimination in wages, promotions, discipline, or expulsion based on natural hairstyles, with a two-year statute of limitations to file civil actions

Allows aggrieved persons to recover unpaid wages, liquidated damages, compensatory damages, punitive damages, attorney's fees, and court costs

Amends state employment law, condominium restrictions, and real estate licensing statutes to add natural hairstyle as a protected category alongside race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, and handicap

Authorizes counties and municipalities to adopt ordinances prohibiting discrimination based on natural, protective, or cultural hairstyles with additional penalties for violations