Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey is set to sign legislation that would enable taxpayer-funded adoption agencies to deny placement to LGBT families out of religious objections.

The legislation, known as House Bill 24, is titled the “Child Placing Agency Inclusion Act,” but instead of encouraging child placement would permit agencies to deny placement of children into LGBT households. The bill was approved by the Senate on Wednesday by a 23-9 vote and by the House in March by a 60-14 vote.

Eileen Jones, an Ivey spokesperson, told the Washington Blade her boss “plans to sign it pending a legal review.”

The stated purpose of the bill is to “prohibit the state from discriminating against child placing agencies” if declining to place a child with a family “conflicts with the religious beliefs of the provider.” That would enable child placement agencies, which often are religious-affiliated groups, such as Catholic adoption agencies, to deny placement in LGBT families.

Under the bill, the state would be barred from refusing a license or license renewal to a child placement agency that has denied placement into families out of religious beliefs.