On July 5, 2023, the California Senate voted 34-1 in favor of clarifying existing law by defining "ancestry" to include "caste" as protected within the state's anti-discrimination statutes.
On February 21, 2023, the City of Seattle, Washington became the first U.S. city – or any U.S. jurisdiction for that matter – to add caste to its list1 of categories protected against discrimination.