Governor Ivey officially signs Lulu's Law for Alabama beaches
The Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources will help send out these alerts.
The bill is inspired by Birmingham teen Lulu Gribbin, who lost her hand and leg in a shark attack last summer.
Lulu was attacked by a shark shortly after another shark attack happened nearby.
The new law enforces the Mobile and Baldwin County Emergency Management Agencies to warn everyone of a shark attack by providing alerts, similar to Amber alerts, to be sent to mobile cellular devices in surrounding areas and first responders on duty.
The law was introduced by Alabama senator and Enterprise native, Katie Britt.
The governor was joined by Lulu and the bill sponsors to sign the legislation into law.
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