Ohio Senate Bill 104
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Ohio| Protect All Students Act | |
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| 135th Ohio General Assembly | |
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| Citation | |
| Territorial extent | Ohio |
| Passed by | Ohio Senate |
| Passed | February 28, 2024 |
| Passed by | Ohio House of Representatives |
| Passed | June 26, 2024 |
| Signed by | Mike DeWine |
| Signed | November 27, 2024 |
| Effective | February 25, 2025 |
| Legislative history | |
| First chamber: Ohio Senate | |
| Introduced | April 5, 2023 |
| Third reading | February 28, 2024 |
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| Second chamber: Ohio House of Representatives | |
| Received from the Ohio Senate | March 4, 2024 |
| Third reading | June 26, 2024 |
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| Final stages | |
| Finally passed both chambers | November 13, 2024 |
| Summary | |
| Modifies the College Credit Plus program and restricts access to school bathrooms and locker rooms to that of sex, with exceptions. | |
| Status: In force | |
Ohio Senate Bill 104 (S.B. 104), also known as the Protect All Students Act, is a 2024 law in the state of Ohio that restricts access to bathrooms and locker rooms in schools to that of sex assigned at birth.[1] It was signed into law by Governor Mike DeWine on November 27, 2024 and took effect on February 25, 2025.[2][3]
The bill previously only encompassed a change to the College Credit Plus program, but the House of Representatives merged House Bill 183, the bathroom bill, into Senate Bill 104.[4]
Senate Bill 104 restricts people in Ohio schools, including K-12 schools, colleges, and universities, from using bathrooms and locker rooms that differ from their sex assigned at birth.[2][4] People assisting children under 10 years old, those with disabilities, or those whose job requires access to all bathrooms are exempt from the law.[2] The bill still allows schools to have unisex bathrooms if they are single occupancy.[4]
To allow enforcement of the law, Senate Bill 104 also defines certain terms, such as biological sex, in state law. It defines biological sex as, "the biological indication of male and female, including sex chromosomes, naturally occurring sex hormones, gonads, and nonambiguous internal and external genitalia present at birth."[5]
Senate Bill 104 also modifies the College Credit Plus program, which allows students grades 7-12 to earn both college and high school credits at the same time.[6][4][7]
