Birmingham's Lulu Gribbin shows off her swing at the 2025 Regions Tradition Adaptive Golf Clinic — Birmingham’s Lulu Gribbin shows off her swing at the 2025 Regions Tradition Adaptive Golf Clinic (Jacob Blankenship / Bham Now)

The U.S. Senate unanimously passed Lulu’s Law, a bill that enhances the national shark alert warning system.

The legislation is inspired by Lulu Gribbin, one of two Mountain Brook teenagers injured in a shark attack at Fort Walton Beach last year.

Next up: Lulu’s Law in the House

Senator Katie Britt, the sponsor of the bill, praised the Senate for passing the legislation, but reminded her colleagues it still needed to make it through the House and onto the President’s desk.

“Preventing attacks like this is something we can all rally around in honor of Lulu, and to protect future beachgoers and families. While the Senate passage of this law is certainly cause for celebration, our work is not done.

I am hopeful that our House colleagues will quickly take up this piece of legislation and begin to move it through the House, and ultimately to the President’s desk.”

Alabama version of Lulu’s Law passed in May

Governor Ivey joined in her office by Lulu Gribbin, as well as bill sponsors, Rep. David Faulkner and Sen. Dan Roberts, House Speaker Nathaniel Ledbetter and members of the Gribbin family. (Alabama Governor’s Office)

In addition to the national Lulu’s Law, the state of Alabama passed a state version in May.

That new law—also known as Lulu’s Law—establishes a new shark alert system under the Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources for beaches and shorelines in Baldwin and Mobile counties.

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