Republican Texas state Representative Stan Geddes is hard at work keeping schools safe from cosplayers who get a little too into it by introducing the “Forbidding Unlawful Representation of Roleplaying in Education” or FURRIES Act, prohibiting students from engaging in “‘Non-Human Behavior,'” defined as “any type of behavior or accessory displayed by a student in a school district other than behaviors or accessories typically displayed by a member of the homo sapiens species. This includes: (A) using a litter box for the passing of stool, urine, or other human byproducts.”

“(B) A personal or outward display, except during a school play or by a school mascot, through surgical or superficial means of features that are non-human, such as: tails, leashes, collars, or other accessories designed for pets, fur other than naturally occurring human hair or a wig made to look like human hair, artificial, animal-like ears, or other physiological features that have not historically been assigned to the homo sapiens species through a means of natural biological development.”

“(C) Barking, meowing, hissing, or other animal noises that are not human speech. (D) Licking oneself or others for the purpose of grooming or maintenance,” continued the 10-page bill.

It’s not clear if there’s any accompanying press release in which Geddes describes at length multiple instances of such behaviors occurring in Texas schools or, perhaps more importantly, why Geddes is about three years late with this stupid bullshit as the MAGA furry freakout peaked in 2022.