DeWine announced the signing without comment Wednesday, but House Republican sponsors said school leaders and parents across Ohio wanted the change in law.

DeWine previously vetoed a law that would have banned ‘gender-affirming care’ for minors, though his veto was overridden by the legislature.

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

Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine signed Senate Bill 104 into law, a measure that is polarizing state politics. The bill prohibits all-gender facilities in schools and mandates that bathrooms, locker rooms, and overnight accommodations be designated based on “biological sex” as indicated on students’ birth certificates.

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

Gov. Mike DeWine signed the law out of public view over the objections of Democrats, teachers’ unions and civil rights groups.

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

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.