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.

Ohio’s bathroom ban was originally introduced in May 2023, but this summer it was added to an unrelated, bipartisan bill to reform a state program allowing middle and high school students to take college classes for credit. Then the bill sat until the legislature returned from recess after the November election.

Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine has signed a bill into law banning transgender students from using school bathrooms and locker rooms that match up with their gender identity. The law requires people at Ohio K-12 schools and universities use the restroom that aligns with their gender assigned at birth.

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 Governor Mike DeWine on Wednesday said he had signed an anti-trans school bathroom bill into law despite urgent warnings from LGBTQ+ rights advocates.

Ohio Republican Gov. Mike DeWine signed a bill banning transgender K-12 students from using school bathrooms consistent with their transgender identity. They can only use the bathrooms matching birth-assigned gender.

Transgender students from kindergarten through college at Ohio public and private schools will be banned from using multiperson bathrooms that fit their gender identities.