California is on its way to becoming a sanctuary state for transgender children who want to circumvent laws banning medical procedures in their home states.

A bill creating a safe haven against parents, insurance companies, and other state courts passed a California State Assembly committee Tuesday despite a barrage of testimony from parents and former trans children who wanted the lawmakers to reconsider. It is almost certain to pass the full legislature due to California’s Democratic supermajority, becoming one of the first states to create such a safe haven.