Last year, cities across the country in states like Louisiana, New Jersey and Florida were criticizing for passing bans on how clothing is worn, specifically low-hanging pants. Now, in a similar manner, the Oklahoma state legislature has sparked national outrage for an effort to ban wearing hooded sweatshirts in public, punishable with a fine of up to $500.

In February, state lawmakers plan to introduce a bill to ban wearing non-religious or non-holiday-related masks, hoods or other head coverings in public if the article of clothing conceals one's identity. Lawmakers have described the policy as a crime prevention practice. Technically, the law bans shielding ones identity to commit a crime, but critics have argued that the bill would worsen racial profiling and effect Black or Latino individuals, who are disproportionately targeted and stopped by police, according to the U.S. Department of Justice. 

Florida, New York and California have instituted similar bans.