One vote in the Ohio Senate on Thursday sunk an effort to outlaw abortion once a fetal heartbeat is detected, which can be as early as six weeks into a pregnancy.

But the so-called "fetal heartbeat" abortion ban's defeat won't last long in Ohio.

That's one thing people both for and against abortion can agree on.

The legislature taking office in a few days will likely pass a fetal heartbeat bill in 2019 - and incoming Gov. Mike DeWine has said he will sign it.

"The celebration from some of the people here will be short-lived," said Senate President Larry Obhof of the people cheering the demise of the heartbeat bill.

Applause broke out in the Ohio Senate gallery on Thursday after legislators fell one vote short to override outgoing Gov. John Kasich's veto of the fetal heartbeat legislation.

Kasich vetoed the bill, fearing it would mire Ohio in costly litigation.

The Senate needed 20 votes. Without debate, 19 senators voted to override the veto, and 13 voted against.

The key vote was cast by Republican Sen. Bill Beagle, R-Tipp City, who is term-limited out of office in a week and will join the treasurer's office. Earlier this month he voted for the bill; Thursday he joined four other Republicans in voting against an override. He could not be reached for comment.

Many on both sides of the abortion issue, however, felt this only delayed the fetal heartbeat abortion ban by a few weeks or months.

Dewine, a Republican, pledged to sign fetal heartbeat legislation. Even if he changed his mind, Obhof said Republicans in the Ohio General Assembly will have a supermajority in 2019 to overrideany veto.

Abortion rights advocate and author Robin Marty also tweeted a warning to her followers that the bill stands a better chance next year.

"The House overrode, but the Senate was one vote shy," Marty tweeted. "That also means there is more than enough people supporting it to pass it easily next year. And next year they don't need an override because Gov.-elect DeWine already promised to sign it."

The National Abortion Rights Action League Pro-Choice Ohio released a statement calling Thursday's vote a "small and brief" victory. They noted Kasich signed into law earlier this month a ban on a procedure used in abortion after 12-weeks gestation.

The House voted 61-28 - enough to override the veto and outlaw abortion once a heartbeat is detected.

The fetal heartbeat bill sparked passionate debate on the House floor. Democrats slammed the bill.

"This will be the most extreme, anti-woman bill, anti-choice bill that this country will see," said Rep. Emilia Strong Sykes, D-Akron.

Soon after, Ohio Right to Life, the state's largest anti-abortion organization, released a statement supporting the bill. Ohio Right to Life declined to support the measure for years, opting to push an incremental approach to restricting abortion until the U.S. Supreme Court could reverse the landmark Roe v. Wade decision.

Pay raises

Ohio legislators will get a pay raise after all.

The Ohio General Assembly voted Thursday morning to overturn Gov. John Kasich's veto of pay raises for elected officials. The Senate voted 25-6 and the House 70-16.

The pay increases were attached to death benefit increases for slain public safety officers, prompting Kasich to label it “a grubby money bill.”

Supporters described the increase as a small cost of living adjustment annually, equal to $13,000 over the next 10 years. It's been 10 years since lawmakers last had a raise.

Also getting raises under the bill: the governor and other statewide elected officials, judges, prosecutors, sheriffs, other county officials and township officials. That will encourage other people to run for office, said Sen. Jay Hottinger, R-Newark.

"We're taking minor, modest steps here over the course of time," Hottinger said.

Guns

The Ohio General Assembly, both the House and Senate, voted to override Kasich's veto on a gun bill.

The bill put the burden of proof on prosecutors to prove a shooter acted in self-defense.

The gun bill Kasich vetoed at one point would have eliminated the duty of people to retreat in the face of lethal force, called in many states "stand your ground" laws. That provision was removed, but Kasich still rejected the bill.

Kasich objected to the lack of a "red flag" provision allowing relatives or police to remove guns from someone deemed a threat to themselves or others.

Democrats had hoped to keep the veto in place to spark further discussion on firearms and mental illness. A "red flag" law might have prevented the shooting in the lobby of the Fifth Third Center on Fountain Square in September, said Sen. Cecil Thomas, D-North Avondale, on the floor of the Senate. The shooter might not have been able to get a gun he used to kill three people and wound two others, he said.

"There are common sense laws we can't seem to pass, like the red flag law," Thomas said.

The Associated Press contributed