2017 Senate Bill 646

Ban team names, mascots and logos based on ethnicity

Introduced in the Senate

Nov. 2, 2017

Introduced by Sen. Ian Conyers (D-4)

To withhold state funding for a public school that that has a mascot, nickname, logo, or other team or club descriptor that is based on race or ethnicity, and require the state Board of Education and Department of Civil Rights to make a list of banned names. The ban would also apply to a “slogan, chant, song, or other formal or informal auditory practice,” and to “publications, uniforms, signs, or other visual materials”.

Referred to the Committee on Education