HB111 Alabama 2024 Session

Summary

Primary Sponsor

Susan DuBoseRepresentative

Republican

Session

Regular Session 2024

Title

Sex-based terms, defined; vital statistics, report sex as male or female at birth required, legislative policy regarding sex and gender identity established

Summary

HB111 defines sex-based terms, requires birth-sex recording for vital statistics, and allows public entities to maintain single-sex spaces while clarifying policy on sex and gender identity.

What This Bill Does

The bill defines terms like boy, girl, male, female, man, woman, and sex for state law, and states there are two fixed sexes with sex defined as observed at birth. It asserts that gender identity is not the same as sex and that state policy should reflect that distinction. It allows public entities to establish separate single-sex spaces or environments when biology, privacy, safety, or fairness are involved. It requires state and local bodies that collect vital statistics to identify individuals as male or female at birth (with exceptions when sex cannot be medically determined) and allows collecting additional data beyond biological sex; it also states the act is not intended to deny identification that aligns with gender identity, and it takes effect October 1, 2024.

Who It Affects

• Individuals born male or female and people interacting with state systems (such as birth records and vital statistics), whose sex is identified as male or female; the law specifies that sex is observed at birth and may accommodate differences in sex development under applicable law.
• Public entities, including public schools, state and local agencies, and offices that collect vital statistics, which must classify data by sex (male or female) and may establish single-sex spaces; these entities may collect additional data beyond biological sex and must follow the birth-record identification rules.

Key Provisions

• Defines sex-based terms (boy, girl, male, female, man, woman, birth sex) and states sex is fixed and observed at birth; gender identity is not considered the same as sex.
• Permits public entities to establish separate single-sex spaces or environments when privacy, safety, biology, or fairness are involved.
• Rewrites the birth-data definitions to require identifying individuals as male or female at birth on vital statistics collected by schools and agencies, with an exception when sex cannot be medically determined; allows collecting additional data beyond biological sex.
• Affirms that the act is not intended to deny identification in state documents that align with an individual's gender identity.
• Provides severability and an effective date of October 1, 2024.

AI-generated summary using openai/gpt-5-nano on Feb 22, 2026. May contain errors — refer to the official bill text for accuracy.

Subjects

Government Administration