Indiana Gov. Eric Holcomb vetoed a controversial bill that would ban transgender girls from playing on K-12 girls' sports teams.
According to WTHR, Holcomb, a Republican, said the bill "leaves too many questions unanswered" and puts schools at risk of being sued.
In a letter to House Speaker Todd Huston, Holcomb detailed his concerns about the bill and said that he vetoed it because, "for me, this current bill falls short." If Holcomb had signed the bill, Indiana would have joined at least 10 other GOP-led states in adopting such bans.
Holcomb also said the bill assumes there's an existing problem in K-12 sports that requires the state to intervene and implies that the girls' sports are currently unfair.
"After further review, I find no evidence to support either claim even if I support the overall goal," Holcomb said.
In a statement Windy City Times received, Human Rights Campaign State Legislative Director and Senior Counsel Cathryn Oakley said, "Governor Holcomb did the right thing tonight in vetoing a bill that would only cause problems, not solve them, by targeting Indiana's transgender children and making them the targets of exclusion and discrimination in their own schools."