As much of the state slept on Tuesday night, some Texas lawmakers were working late, pondering such weighty questions as: If you lick Cheeto dust off your fingers and someone sees you, is it possible they could assume you’re actually pretending to be a cat?A strange query, sure. But given the potential consequences posed by the bill being heard, Representative James Talarico, a Democrat from Austin, felt it was worth discussing. If the answer is yes—if the act of tonguing your thumb clean of that last bit of Flamin’ Hot residue bares even a slight resemblance to how a feline grooms itself—then it is theoretically possible that someone might not see the cheddar on your hands and might thus confuse your finger licking with a…