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LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) 鈥� Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen signed into law Wednesday a measure banning transgender students from girls鈥� sports, making the state the latest to keep transgender athletes from competing on women鈥檚 and girls鈥� teams.

Pillen signed the law flanked by dozens of lawmakers, women athletes and other advocates 鈥� including former collegiate swimmer Riley Gaines, who has made a name for herself as a vocal advocate of banning transgender athletes from women鈥檚 sports.

The measure passed by the Nebraska Legislature last week broke a filibuster by a single vote cast along party lines. It was pared down from its initial form, which also sought to bar transgender students from using bathrooms and locker rooms corresponding with their gender identity.

Sponsors agreed to drop the bathroom and locker room ban when one Republican 鈥� Omaha Sen. Merv Riepe 鈥� declared he would vote against it otherwise.

The measure was first introduced in 2023 by then-freshman Sen. Kathleen Kauth, but failed to advance as lawmakers angrily argued over Kauth’s other bill that sought to bar gender-affirming care for transgender minors under the age of 19. An amended version that banned gender-affirming surgery 鈥� but not all gender-affirming care 鈥� for minors later passed and was enacted that year.

On Wednesday, Kauth promised to revive her bathroom and locker room ban next year, reiterating her rejection that people can determine their own gender.

鈥淢en are men and women are women,鈥� she said, and urged voters in Riepe’s district to pressure him to support it.

Republicans behind the sports ban say it protects women and girls and their ability to fairly compete in sports. Opponents say with so few transgender students seeking to participate in sports, the measure is a solution in search of a problem.

Fewer than 10 transgender students have participated in middle school and high school sports in the state over the past decade, according to the Nebraska School Activities Association.

At least 24 other states have adopted similar bans. President Donald Trump also signed an executive order this year intended to dictate which sports competitions transgender athletes can enter and has battled in court with Maine over that state鈥檚 allowing transgender athletes in girls鈥� and women鈥檚 sports.

The American Civil Liberties Union of Nebraska denounced the measure.

ACLU Nebraska Executive Director Mindy Rush Chipman said the ban 鈥渟lams the door shut鈥� for some transgender students to fully participate in their school communities.

鈥淭his ban will only create problems, not solve any,鈥� Rush Chipman said, adding that 鈥渢he constant targeting of LGBTQ+ Nebraskans must stop.鈥�