The new law will require K-12 and college students to use bathrooms and locker rooms that match their sex assigned at birth.

Opponents had hoped that DeWine would veto the bill because he vetoed a measure banning gender-affirming care for minors.

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Transgender students from kindergarten through college at Ohio public and private schools will be banned from using multiperson bathrooms that fit their gender identities under a measure that Republican Gov. Mike DeWine said Wednesday that he has signed.