Lawmakers then tabled the final vote until at least next Tuesday.

Some Republicans hastily tried to remove exemptions for rape and incest from the bill without holding an official vote, according to local news reports .

Alabama state senators on Thursday postponed a vote on what could become the nation’s strictest abortion ban when the chamber erupted into chaos over a procedural vote.

Absolute chaos in the Senate. Lt. Gov. Will Ainsworth just gaveled down the amendments creating rape and incest exceptions with no apparent vote. #alpolitcs

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The bill, the Human Life Protection Act, would make it a felony for a doctor to perform an abortion. The act would be punishable by at least 10 years in prison.

The state House passed the bill last week. The version passed in the House did not include exceptions for rape or incest, only permitting abortions if the pregnant woman’s life would be in danger.

The Senate version of the bill included an amendment with exceptions for rape and incest. Republican legislators attempted to remove those exemptions at the last minute on Thursday, which led to the abrupt postponement of the vote.

According to Senate Minority Leader Bobby Singleton (D), state Lt. Gov. Will Ainsworth (R), who presides over the chamber, tried to quickly table the amendment using a voice vote.

Singleton had called for a full roll call vote on the amendment, so that it could be on the record. Singleton said that three members, which is required under the chamber’s rules, had raised their hands to sustain a motion for a roll call vote. But Ainsworth had already begun the voice vote.

After a shouting match among the lawmakers, Senate President Pro Tem Del Marsh (R) moved to table the vote until next Tuesday.

Singleton said that Ainsworth “refused to respect the Democratic side” of the chamber, and accused him of “a plot and a scheme to run over” the legislative process.

“We’re not going to stand back and just be pushed around,” Singleton told HuffPost.

Gov. Kay Ivey (R) has not made it clear whether she would sign the bill into law.