A private Christian university appears to have been the first to violate a new Kansas law banning transgender athletes from girl's and women's sports.

Ottawa University officials say the school's women's volleyball team didn't intend to violate the new Kansas law when a transgender athlete was on the roster for an August match. The athlete was later removed from the roster after an inquiry by a state legislator, but officials say it was due to a separate eligibility issue discovered when checking how the trans athlete ban applied.

TOPEKA, Kan. — After years of failed efforts, Kansas legislators successfully enacted a bill to ban transgender athletes in women’s sports over the veto of Gov. Laura Kelly, joining 19 other states with similar measures.

The Kansas Legislature on Wednesday voted to overide the Democratic governor's third veto in three years of a bill to ban transgender athletes and came a day after state lawmakers passed a 'bathroom bill.'

The bill bans transgender athletes from participating in girls' and women's sports from kindergarten through college. It is the latest push of several anti-trans bills introduced by Republican legislators in the state.