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Florida lawmaker seeks to make dwarf tossing legal again. However, as some find the practice barbaric, demeaning and dangerous, the dwarf tossing champion is in for quite a fight. Florida Rep. Ritch Workman composed Florida HB 4063, a bill that might lift the state's ban on dwarf tossing. If it passes, HB 4063 will overturn Florida Statute 561.665, which prohibits all those who sell alcohol on their premises from allowing any recreational activity to take place on the premises that exploits any person with dwarfism. Currently, violators can be fined up to $1,000 or have their liquor license suspended.

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Dwarf tossing is a bar attraction in which dwarfs wearing special padded clothing or Velcro costumes are thrown onto mattresses or at Velcro-coated walls. Participants compete to throw the dwarf the farthest. In 2001, Tampa morning radio personality Dave the Dwarf Flood filed a federal lawsuit to challenge the dwarf tossing ban. While part publicity stunt, Flood reasoned in favor of free will and self-determination. The Tampa judge ruled Floods lawsuit was without controversy, as the state had passed the dwarf tossing law, but had made no enforcement efforts at that time. The lawsuit was tossed out of court.