Rep. Susan DuBose, R-Hoover, has pre-filed her controversial, “What is a Woman” bill for the 2025 legislative session.

DuBose previously introduced similar legislation during the previous legislative session but it failed to become law.

Opponents of the legislation have argued it is anti-transgender and seeks to address a non-existent issue.

The bill provides definitions for certain sex-based terms for use under state law. These terms include boy, girl, man, woman, father, mother, male, female and sex.

Male and female are defined based upon their reproductive organs, according to the legislation.

A female is defined as someone whose reproductive system produces ova and a male is defined as someone whose reproductive system produces sperm.

The bill also has a provision stating that, “state and local public entities may establish separate single-sex spaces or environments in certain circumstances.”

During an October town hall in Baldwin County, DuBose said sex is fixed at birth and “determined by God.”

“Because we all know, sex is determined at birth and is determined by God,” DuBose said.

“It’s actually determined at conception. So, you cannot change your sex. You can choose to identify however you want to but that does not change your sex, and that’s what we’re talking about in this legislation.”

The Alabama Transgender Rights Action Coalition provided a comment to AL.com regarding DuBose’s reintroduction of the bill.

The organization criticized the “culture war” legislation and said it was written by an out-of-state special interest group.

“We are once again disappointed in Representative DuBose’s decision to advance harmful “culture war” legislation like HB107, which explicitly permits our justice system to discriminate against transgender people simply because they are transgender,” ALTRAC said.

“This bill, which DuBose chose to title the “What is a Woman Act,” was written by an out-of-state special interest group whose stated goal is to undermine the progress made by American women’s rights activists. DuBose incorrectly describes HB107 as a “Women’s Bill of Rights” — even while explicitly stating over and over that it does not grant any woman any rights — and while her party is beginning to dismantle equal employment protections for women nationally.

She continues to prioritize this bill instead of addressing our state’s failure to act on the skyrocketing costs of food, housing, and healthcare — issues that actually impact the working-class Alabamians who make our state great.”

DuBose has indicated that she intends to file several more bills related to sex and gender over the course of the legislative session.