Montana bill is anti-yoga pants

David Moore has had enough of tight-fitting yoga pants.

The Montana state representative submitted a bill last week that would strengthen the state’s indecent exposure law that would outlaw clothing, like yoga pants, that outlines a person’s behind and genital region.

House Bill 365 would also make nipple exposure — whether direct or as a result of tight-fitting clothing — illegal, carrying a first-of- fense penalty of $500.

A second offense would bring a fine of $1,000 and the possibility of a year in jail.

For Moore, the legislation was long overdue.

“Yoga pants should be illegal in public anyway,” Moore said.

The inspiration for the bill appears to have been a naked bicycle event called Bare as you Dare, which took place in the state capitol last August.

Retired Missoula professor Walt Hill helped draft the bill.

“I want Montana to be known as a decent state where people can live within the security of laws and protect their children and associates from degrading and indecent practices,” Hill said in support of the measure. “I believe this bill is written preserving that reputation.”

The bill appears unlikely to get far, however. The state House Judiciary Committee, amid some giggling, voted unanimously to table it.