14 DAY TRIAL // Earlier this week, on Tuesday, a lawmaker in the state of Montana in the US introduced a bill that, if signed into law, would make it illegal for people to wear yoga pants, speedos or any other clothes that hug the body a tad too tightly in public.
The bill in question is the work of State Representative David Moore and it argues that having guys and gals walk around in yoga pants or speedos should be considered indecent exposure.
The good news is that, come Wednesday, a Montana legislative panel took care of killing the bill. Thus, members of the local House Judiciary Committee all agreed that the best thing to do was to simply table the proposal.
What's gotten into this State Representative?
Apparently, State Representative David Moore really doesn't like tight-fitting clothing, especially if it's beige. On the contrary, he is convinced that people wearing such garments are guilty of indecent exposure and should be punished accordingly.
The bill that the State Representative introduced this past Tuesday argues that the reason guys and gals should not wear yoga pants, speedos or any other clothing items that reveal a tad too much of their anatomy is that they could offend or alarm others.
“A person commits the offense of indecent exposure of the person knowingly and purposely exposes the person's genitals, pubic hair, or anus or exposes the areola or nipple of the person's breast without anything less than a fully opaque covering while in a public place,” the bill reads.
In case anyone was wondering, the Montana lawmaker decided to introduce this bill after back in last year's August a group of cyclists wearing nothing whatsoever rode through the state's city of Missoula and seriously offended some of its residents.
Indecent exposure is not taken lightly in Montana
Under the state's current laws, guys and gals in Montana found guilty of indecent exposure on three different occasions risk being sentenced to life in prison. They also risk a $10,000 (approximately €8,800) fine.
Since putting people behind bars for the rest of their life simply for wearing yoga pants or speedos in public does not really make sense, the State Representative also suggested that the current sentence should be reduced to 5 years in jail tops and a $5,000 (€4,400) fine.
Even so, the members of the local House Judiciary Committee decided not to offer their support to this bill. For the time being, it is unclear whether State Representative David Moore will just drop the topic or wait for a while and once again try to push his bill.