A New Bill Wants Texans To Bust Drag Shows & There's A $5K 'Bounty' On Them​

Lone Star State politicians have been proposing laws that could give citizens monetary benefits, but people are finding issues with the requirements in order to receive them.

A recent bill proposed in the Texas House of Representatives is looking to shell out thousands of dollars to Texans who bust drag shows in the presence of minors.

Representative Steve Toth introduced HB 4378, or "Liability For Drag Performance In Presences Of Minors," which proposes Texans who "prevail" in catching these shows can sue drag queens for "psychological, emotional, economic, and physical harm," receive help with attorney costs, and be "awarded" damages of $5,000 that people are now calling a "bounty."

According to the bill's draft, a person is required to find a drag show where a performer "exhibits a gender that is different than the performer's gender recorded at birth using clothing, makeup, or other physical markers and sings, lip syncs, dances, or otherwise performs in a lascivious manner before an audience."

The bill's author, Toth, is a Republican representative who has served his seat in Montgomery County, TX several times since 2013.

He has most notably introduced legislation involving state-level gun rights, the ban of "Critical Race Theory" content being taught in state schools, several issues relating to trans children, and even a probe into the 2020 presidential election results in several Texas counties.

HB 4378, which people are dubbing a "bounty hunter bill," is not being taken lightly by some who believe it's a step toward making being transgender illegal.

"This is step one of the genocide handbook," a person on Twitter posted in a thread, which received 123 likes.

Twitter users are taking issue with the fact that any unsuspecting individual in a public space who acts in accordance with the details outlined in the bill can be sued by any random individual for it.

"I read the Texas bounty hunter bill for drag queens. It does NOT differentiate between drag queens and transgender women," a Twitter user wrote. "They are posited and one in the same by lawmakers: Men in women's clothing."