§ 1-1-1.1 — Sex-Based Terminology; Legislative Findings and Intent

(a)(1) The purpose of Act 2025-3 is to bring clarity, certainty, and uniformity to the laws of Alabama regarding sex discrimination, equality of the sexes, and benefits or services specifically provided to males and men and to females and women.
(2) Act 2025-3 applies wherever state law classifies individuals on the basis of sex or otherwise mentions individuals as being male or female, men or women, or boys or girls.
(b) The Legislature finds and declares all of the following:
(1) Men and women are legally equal but are not physically the same.
(2) The State of Alabama has an important interest in preventing unjust sex discrimination and in maintaining safety, privacy, and fairness for both sexes.
(3) Inconsistencies in court rulings and policy initiatives regarding sex discrimination and common sex-based words have endangered women’s rights and resources and have put the existence of private, single-sex spaces in jeopardy.
(4) There are only two sexes, and every individual is either male or female. The term “sex” is objective and fixed. Individuals with differences in sex development, also known as “DSDs” or “intersex conditions,” are not a third sex. Individuals with a congenital or medically verifiable DSD diagnosis must be accommodated consistent with state and federal law.
(5) With respect to equality of the sexes, the term “equal” does not mean “same” or “identical.”

Legislative History

(Act 2025-3, §§1, 2.)