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Tampa Airport Wants Passengers To Stop Wearing Pajamas—Their Absurd Dress Code Is Almost Certainly Illegal

The Hillsborough County Aviation Authority in Tampa announced a proposed dress‑code banning passengers from wearing pajamas in its terminals. The initiative, tied to Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy’s “Golden Age of Travel Starts with You” campaign, has ignited debate over its constitutionality under the First Amendment and Florida’s Religious Freedom Restoration Act. Legal analysts note that public airports are classified as non‑public forums, requiring any attire restriction to be narrowly tailored and content‑neutral, making the pajama ban likely untenable. Meanwhile, airlines already enforce their own dress policies through contracts of carriage, leaving travelers to navigate mixed rules.