Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine signed a bill Wednesday that will ban transgender students from using multi-stall bathrooms that align with their gender identities.

Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine signed a bill banning transgender students from using school restrooms that align with their gender identities.

Gov. Mike DeWine has signed a bill into law that will ban Ohio’s students from using school restrooms that don’t align with their sex assigned at birth. DeWine announced his decision Wednesday after the Ohio Senate voted on Nov.

Ohio is the latest state to enact a bathroom bill that effectively bars trans people from using the bathrooms that align with their gender identity at schools. Gov. Mike DeWine, a Republican, signed Senate Bill 104 into law on Wednesday,

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

The state is one of at least a dozen states to set restrictions on bathrooms for transgender students at public schools.

Republican Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine has signed a bill into law that will prevent schools from allowing students of the opposite sex into restrooms and locker rooms.