Bill to ban provocative clothing gets tabled
The Associated Press | Hagadone News Network | UPDATED 9 years, 11 months AGO
HELENA (AP) — A Montana legislative panel has moved to kill a bill that would tighten the state’s indecent exposure law and consequently ban some provocative clothing.
Members of the House Judiciary Committee voted unanimously to table House Bill 365 Wednesday. Republican Rep. David Moore introduced it on Tuesday.
The proposal would have expanded the definition of indecent exposure to include garments that give the appearance of a person’s buttocks, genitals, pelvis or female nipple. Moore said the bill could outlaw some provocative clothing, and later said he thinks yoga pants should be illegal in public.
Although members of the committee giggled about the bill, no discussion was allowed before the voice call vote to table it.
The bill was drafted in response to a naked bicycling event in Missoula last summer.
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