Underwear Bill Gets Lots of Feedback in Norfolk

March 31, 2005 - 7:20am

RICHMOND, Va. - A lawmaker in Virginia, tired of hearing about young people who wear their pants around their knees, has introduced a bill to prohibit low-riding pants.

Freshman Delegate Algie Howell Jr. of Norfolk says since he introduced the droopy drawers bill last month, he has been inundated with positive calls and emails.

Howell told The Virginian-Pilot that he kept hearing from customers in his barber shop that something needed to be done about young people who wear their pants around their knees, exposing their underwear.

When a House subcommittee took up the matter, the response was sympathetic yet skeptical because of legal issues.

The bill imposes a $50 fine for displaying one's undergarments in a "lewd or indecent manner." Howell says the term underwear is pretty self-explanatory.

"That's why they're called undergarments. They're supposed to be worn under something else."

It's going to the House floor for a vote.

RICHMOND, Va. - A lawmaker in Virginia, tired of hearing about young people who wear their pants around their knees, has introduced a bill to prohibit low-riding pants.

Freshman Delegate Algie Howell Jr. of Norfolk says since he introduced the droopy drawers bill last month, he has been inundated with positive calls and emails.

When a House subcommittee took up the matter, the response was sympathetic yet skeptical because of legal issues.

The bill imposes a $50 fine for displaying one's undergarments in a "lewd or indecent manner." Howell says the term underwear is pretty self-explanatory.

"That's why they're called undergarments. They're supposed to be worn under something else."

It's going to the House floor for a vote.

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