On March 25, Utah lawmakers voted to override Republican Gov. Spencer Cox’s veto of anti-trans sports legislation that will ban trans youth from playing on girls’ sports teams, The Advocate reported.
According to the Associated Press, sponsors of the bill were able to flip 10 GOP lawmakers in the House and five in the Senate who previously voted against the ban.
On March 22, Cox became the second Republican governor in the past week to veto his state’s anti-trans sports bill, which targeted trans girls from participating in school sports. (Indiana Gov. Eric Holcomb was the other.)
With the override, Utah has become the 12th state to enact some type of ban on trans kids playing in sports. The law will go into effect on July 1.