Pleasure Products
Fighting Against Stigma
We’ve worked hard to grow and build a responsible industry. But discriminatory zoning restrictions, misguided regulation, predatory counterfeiters and overbroad product bans leave our businesses vulnerable to attack. Below, some of the laws we’re engaged with or monitoring.
Title | Status | Latest Action | Date | Summary |
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Texas HB 1549 | Introduced | Referred to Trade, Workforce & Economic Development committee | March 12, 2025 | Would ban sex toys from being sold in retail stores such as Walmart, Target, and CVS that aren’t zoned as sexually-oriented businesses. |
Texas SB 3003 | Introduced | Referred to State Affairs committee | April 7, 2025 | Texas SB 3003 prohibits the online sale of “obscene devices” to minors and mandates age verification at the point of sale. |
Small Business Liberation Act | Introduced | Introduced | May 5, 2025 | Exempts small businesses from tariffs imposed pursuant to the national emergency declared on April 2, 2025, by the President. |
H.R.407 Prevent Tariff Abuse Act | Introduced | Referred to the Committees on Foreign Affairs and Ways and Means | January 15, 2025 | Prohibits the President from exercising emergency authorities impose tariffs. |
H.R.2464 Repealing Outdated and Unilateral Tariff Authorities Act | Introduced | Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means | March 27, 2025 | Repeals the law that gives the President the authority to unilaterally impose tariffs. |
S.1293 No Taxation Without Representation Act of 2025 | Introduced | Referred to the Committee on Finance | April 3, 2025 | Requires Congressional approval for the President to impose tariffs on goods imported into the United States. |
H.R.2888 Stopping a Rogue President on Trade Act | Introduced | Referred to Ways and Means and Rules Committees | April 10, 2025 | Terminates tariffs imposed pursuant to emergency authorities and requires congressional approval for the imposition of similar tariffs in the future. |
US SJRES 49 | Failed | Failed passage in Senate by 49 - 49 Vote | April 30, 2025 | A joint resolution terminating the national emergency declared to impose global tariffs. |