The Virginia Board of Health, with the support of Gov. Glenn Youngkin (R-VA), took the next step toward putting regulations in place to prevent transgender-identifying biological males from participating in women’s sports and from changing in women’s locker rooms.

The board voted unanimously on Thursday to advance a notice on regulations that would “protect the health of females participating in organized female-only athletic teams and competitions in Virginia and to protect the health of females using designated female spaces where females are likely to be in any state of undress.” The vote put forth a Notice of Intended Regulatory Action.