Sometimes called galaxy gas or “whippets,” recreational nitrous oxide is a potentially dangerous substance that’s for sale at most vape shops in the River Region.

It goes to the House, which passed a similar bill last year, the What is a Woman Act by Rep. Susan DuBose, R-Hoover.

Some have dubbed it as the “what is a woman” bill. Republicans say it gives clarity. But Democrats say it discriminates. “You don’t know you’re a man?” said Sen. Linda Coleman-Madison (D-Birmingham).

The Alabama Senate Thursday approved a bill defining “sex-based terms” strictly based on biological sex. SB 79, sponsored by Sen. April Weaver, R-Alabaster, passed the chamber on a 26-5 vote. The legislation would define “sex” as the “the state of being male or female as observed or clinically verified at birth,

Legislators moved Thursday to codify into Alabama law a total of 2 genders.