---
type: "Bill"
title: "Sex-based terms, defined; vital statistics, report sex as male or female at birth required, legislative policy regarding sex and gender identity established"
description: "Government Administration"
jurisdiction: "us/states/al"
legislature: "Alabama Legislature"
session: "2025rs"
identifier: "SB 79"
citation: "Alabama SB 79 (2025rs)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Government Administration"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Weaver"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 24
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2025-02-04T05:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2025-02-13T05:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b1efbdea-9ff0-4cbd-869f-7357d196efbd"
source_url: "https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/bill-search"
source_hash: "17bd5058117d0e7f71a284a38b03089304007bf3bc245a79c8f0f558f943e960"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-al"]
---

# Alabama SB 79 (2025rs) — Sex-based terms, defined; vital statistics, report sex as male or female at birth required, legislative policy regarding sex and gender identity established

Government Administration

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2025RS/SB79-int.pdf)
2. **DuBose motion to Table - Adopted Roll Call 71** (committee substitute) — [source](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2025RS/EY3PC22-1.pdf)
3. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2025RS/SB79-eng.pdf)
4. **Weaver motion to Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 12** (committee substitute) — [source](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2025RS/XNXVEE7-1.pdf)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/files/pdf/SearchableInstruments/2025RS/SB79-enr.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Weaver — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2025-02-13T05:00:00+00:00** Enacted `became-law`
- **2025-02-13T05:00:00+00:00** Signature Requested
- **2025-02-13T05:00:00+00:00** Delivered to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-02-12T05:00:00+00:00** Enrolled
- **2025-02-12T05:00:00+00:00** Ready to Enroll
- **2025-02-12T05:00:00+00:00** Ready to Enroll
- **2025-02-12T05:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass - Adopted Roll Call 72 `passage`
- **2025-02-12T05:00:00+00:00** DuBose motion to Table - Adopted Roll Call 71
- **2025-02-12T05:00:00+00:00** Rafferty 1st Amendment Offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2025-02-12T05:00:00+00:00** Third Reading in Second House
- **2025-02-11T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the Second Time and placed on the Calendar (Health)
- **2025-02-11T05:00:00+00:00** Reported Out of Committee Second House
- **2025-02-06T05:00:00+00:00** Pending Committee Action in Second House (Health)
- **2025-02-06T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the House Committee on Health `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2025-02-06T05:00:00+00:00** Engrossed
- **2025-02-06T05:00:00+00:00** Motion to Read a Third Time and Pass as Amended - Adopted Roll Call 13 `passage`
- **2025-02-06T05:00:00+00:00** Weaver motion to Adopt - Adopted Roll Call 12
- **2025-02-06T05:00:00+00:00** County and Municipal Government 1st Substitute Offered (County and Municipal Government) `amendment-introduction`
- **2025-02-06T05:00:00+00:00** Third Reading in House of Origin
- **2025-02-05T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the Second Time and placed on the Calendar (County and Municipal Government)
- **2025-02-05T05:00:00+00:00** Reported Out of Committee House of Origin
- **2025-02-05T05:00:00+00:00** County and Municipal Government 1st Substitute (County and Municipal Government)
- **2025-02-04T05:00:00+00:00** Pending Committee Action in House of Origin (County and Municipal Government)
- **2025-02-04T05:00:00+00:00** Read for the first time and referred to the Senate Committee on County and Municipal Government `reading-1, referral-committee`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b1efbdea-9ff0-4cbd-869f-7357d196efbd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Alabama legislature records).