Will the masturbation bill get a House committee hearing?
A satirical bill that would penalize men for masturbating is now in the hands of a House committee panel.
On Tuesday, House Bill 4260 was referred to the House State Affairs Committee, the panel that typically hears legislation related to abortions. State Rep. Jessica Farrar, D-Houston, filed the bill last month to mimic and satirize current and proposed regulations that have been criticized for restricting women’s access to abortions.
The bill has garnered attention in and outside of Texas and according to Farrar, irked conservative House members to the point that they’ve tried at least once to kill an unrelated bill that she has proposed.
It’s unlikely the masturbation bill will go far in the legislative process. The first step would be State Affairs Committee Chairman Byron Cook, R-Corsicana, holding a public hearing on the measure. Cook has filed or supported some of the bills that abortion rights advocates have criticized, including one this legislative session that would require health facilities to bury or cremate aborted or miscarried fetal tissue.
Read more: http://www.statesman.com/news/state--regional-govt--politics/will-the-masturbation-bill-get-house-committee-hearing/n5nIAfur6jLcG7AniQEc4N/
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He'll beat it. 
The "Bill" that is.
