HB405 Alabama 2023 Session

Summary

Primary Sponsor

Susan DuBose Representative

Republican

Session

Regular Session 2023

Title

Relating to definitions used in state law; to provide legislative findings; to amend Section 1-1-1, Code of Alabama 1975, to define terms and delete obsolete or unnecessary definitions; to require vital statistics records to identify each individual as male or female at birth; and to make nonsubstantive, technical revisions to update the existing code language to current style.

Description

This bill would create the What is a Woman Act and provide legislative findings relating to the distinctions between men and women.

This bill would define man, woman, boy, girl, father, mother, male, female, and sex for purposes of use of the terms in the Code of Alabama 1975.

This bill would require the state or political subdivisions that collect vital statistics for certain purposes to identify each individual as either male or female at birth.

This bill would also delete obsolete or unnecessary definitions and make nonsubstantive, technical revisions to update the existing code language to current style.

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Subjects

Definitions in state law, certain definitions relating to sex added