Arkansas Gov. Asa HutchinsonAsa HutchinsonArkansas governor allows bill targeting critical race theory in state agencies to become law Pennsylvania gov says he’ll veto ban on transgender athletes in women’s sports Arkansas lawmakers vote to expand transgender sports ban MORE (R) on Monday allowed a bill targeting “critical race theory” in state agencies to become law without his signature.

The Associated Press reported that Hutchinson refused to sign the legislation and said that it “does not address any problem that exists” — but he did not attempt to veto it, either.

The legislation bars state agencies from teaching any “divisive” concepts during racial and cultural sensitivity trainings, including any concept that teaches that the U.S. is an inherently racist nation.

“[T]he paperwork and manpower requirements are unnecessary,” Hutchinson said in a statement, according to the AP.

Arkansas’s newest law is one of several being advanced by GOP legislatures around the country aimed at addressing critical race theory, a new frequent target of conservative ire that many right-leaning politicians have blamed for advancing progressive views on race and culture.

A group of Republican senators led by Minority Leader Mitch McConnellAddison (Mitch) Mitchell McConnellLincoln Project taunts Trump, saying he lost to ‘swamp,’ McConnell The Hill’s Morning Report – Presented by Emergent BioSolutions – Biden sales pitch heads to Virginia and Louisiana Vaccine hesitancy among lawmakers slows return to normalcy on Capitol Hill MORE (Ky.) recently wrote to President BidenJoe Biden1.6 million US air passengers fly in a day for first time since last March Biden administration eyeing long-term increase in food stamps: report Conspiracy against the poor MORE‘s Education secretary, Miguel CardonaMiguel CardonaArkansas governor allows bill targeting critical race theory in state agencies to become law On The Money: McConnell rules out GOP support for Biden families plan | How COVID-19 relief bills may affect your taxes | Is the US heading for a housing bubble? Biden taps ex-consumer bureau chief to oversee student loans MORE, arguing that a proposed rule promoting education programs addressing systemic racism is “divisive nonsense.”

“Families did not ask for this divisive nonsense. Voters did not vote for it,” the senators wrote. “Americans never decided our children should be taught that our country is inherently evil.”