A bill to block transgender women from participating in women’s sports at Indiana colleges advanced from committee with bipartisan support Wednesday and now heads to the full chamber.

House Bill 1041, authored by Republican Rep. Michelle Davis, seeks to expand the state’s previous ban on transgender girls in K-12 sports to college athletics.

The legislation would require all sports teams at Indiana’s public and private colleges to be male, female or coeducational. Athletes who were assigned male at birth would be barred from participating in a “female, women’s, or girls’ team or sport.”

The measure also requires colleges and universities to establish grievance procedures for students or parents to file claims if a team violates the gender restrictions.

Davis described her bill as “common sense legislation that ensures that female athletes are provided with a safe and even playing field at the collegiate level in Indiana.”

“Ensuring fairness in collegiate sports is essential to protecting opportunities for our female athletes. Biological differences impact athletic performance, and House Bill 1041 helps maintain a level playing field,” she said, later adding that, “I think we can all agree that we all think athletics and protecting female sports in Indiana is an appropriate thing to do.”

Although Democrats on the House Education Committee were critical of “virtue signaling” they said surrounded the bill, all but one — Rep. Vernon Smith — ultimately voted in favor.

The proposal passed 12-1 to the House chamber after roughly 90 minutes of discussion and testimony.