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The California State Assembly has passed a bill aimed at combating caste discrimination and protecting marginalized communities. If signed into law by Governor Gavin Newsom, California will become the first US state to include caste as a protected category in its anti-discrimination laws. The bill has received bipartisan support and was introduced by State Senator Aisha Wahab.

An anti-caste discrimination bill has been passed by the California State Assembly that seeks to combat caste discrimination and strengthen protections for marginalised communities across the state.

A bill seeking to explicitly ban caste discrimination in California has been unanimously passed by the state's Senate Judiciary Committee.

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If passed, the bill could make America's most populous state also the country's first to make caste bias illegal