The Florida Senate has voted to make it illegal to attach fake bull testicles to trailer hitches.
The bill was sponsored by Sen. Cary Baker, R-Eustis, and imposes a $60 fine on motorists who attach artificial "reproductive glands" to their vehicles. Baker said the bill is aimed at fake bull testicles, which are popular in northern Florida, but it doesn't specify bulls so that motorists can't claim their fake testicles represent a different animal.
Sen. Jim King, R-Jacksonville, opposed the bill. He said fake bull testicles are "an expression of truckliness," and noted that he used to display a pair on his own "all pimped out" vehicle until his wife made him remove them.
King also warned that the state would now have to hire "bumper police."
The Senate attached the ban to a larger transportation measure, but it will have to be reconciled with a House version that doesn't include the anti-testicle clause.
