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.

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

Sen. 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.”