A Montana lawmaker's attempt to get yoga pants banned from being worn in public has failed, epically.
Representative David Moore made headlines Tuesday when he introduced a House bill to expand the state's indecent exposure law to include clothing that "give the appearance or simulate a person's buttocks, genitals, pelvic area or female nipple," including yoga pants and speedos.
But on Wednesday, members of the state House Judiciary Committee laughed about the bill as they voted unanimously to kill the measure, according to WPVI-TV.
Moore, of Missoula, created the bill with retired professor Walt Hill in response to local outrage when a naked bicycle-riding event named Bare as you Dare passed through the city last August. The event was allowed to take place over fears of violating the organizer's right of freedom of speech.
But Moore felt the state of Montana needed protection from "degrading and indecent practices."
"Yoga pants should be illegal in public anyway," Moore said.
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled in 1991 that state bans on public nudity are constitutional because nudity is not a form of expression.
In Montana, those who violate indecent exposure laws three times are subject to a $10,000 fine and life in prison.
