The Tennessee Senate on Thursday passed a bill that would restrict local governments power to pass police reform measures and would undo a police reform ordinance that Memphis City Council passed after police there beat Tyre Nichols, a Black man, to death last year.

The GOP-led state Senate passed the bill by a vote of 26-6. The bill is moving to Republican Gov. Bill Lees desk next.

Democrats in both Tennessees House and Senate have spoken out against the bill, which was initially brought to the floor by state Rep. John Gillespie (R). State Sen. Brent Taylor (R) presented a version of the bill to the Senate floor.

State Sen. London Lamar (D), who represents Memphis, introduced Nichols parents, Rodney Wells and RowVaughn Wells, on the Senate floor ahead of the vote. They have strongly opposed the legislation.