Ohio Republican Gov. Mike DeWine has signed a bill that would ban schools from allowing students of the opposite sex access to restrooms and locker rooms.

The legislation, the Protect All Students Act, dubbed the “bathroom bill,” was sent to DeWine’s desk earlier this month after the state Senate passed the legislation on a round-the-clock, party-line vote. The House version of the bill passed before the chamber went into summer recess in June.

The law goes into effect in 90 days and bans transgender students from using facilities related to their gender identity.

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It applies to public K-12 schools and colleges. It requires schools to provide separate restrooms, locker rooms, and overnight accommodations “for the exclusive use” of men and women, both in school buildings and in facilities used for a school-sponsored event, based on the at or shortly before the gender assigned at birth.

DeWine’s signature wasn’t guaranteed, and Democrats, teachers unions and civil rights groups had hoped his veto earlier this year of a ban on sex reassignment surgery for minors and hormone therapy for transgender people under 18 would prompt a similar approach. In the end, the Republican-dominated state Senate voted to override that veto and the ban went into effect.

DeWine did not release a statement Wednesday announcing he had signed the restroom bill.

“Common sense reigns supreme in America today,” Aaron Baer, ​​president of the Center for Christian Virtue, which sponsored the bill, said in a statement.

“No student should be forced to use the bathroom or locker room with a student of the opposite sex, and Ohio’s children will now be better protected because of Governor DeWine’s decision to sign this bill.”

Riley Gaines, a former 12-time All-American swimmer at the University of Kentucky and an advocate for keeping biological men out of women’s sports, echoed those words.

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“Common sense is making a comeback across the country,” Gaines wrote on X.

Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost thanked DeWine “for supporting biology, history, safety and common sense.”

The ACLU of Ohio was among the groups that pushed for a veto, condemning the measure as a violation of transgender Ohioans’ right to privacy that would make them less safe.

“We will always support our trans community,” the organization wrote on Identity. We won’t leave anyone behind.

School employees, emergency situations and people caring for young children or people with a disability are exempt from the restrictions, and schools can still offer individual or family restrooms.

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Various disputes are taking place across the country over whether transgender people use gender-appropriate restrooms and participate in women’s sports. President-elect Trump has repeatedly vowed to keep men out of women’s sports.

At least 11 states have passed laws banning transgender girls and women from using girls’ and women’s restrooms in public schools and, in some cases, other government facilities.

The laws apply in Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Tennessee and Utah. In Idaho, there is a court order suspending enforcement.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.