Maryland state senators have advanced a bill requiring presidential candidates to release their tax returns in order to appear on the state’s ballot, The Associated Press reported Thursday.

Both presidential and vice presidential candidates would be required to release their past five years of tax returns to earn a spot on the ballot. Maryland would be the first state to create the requirement.

The state Senate gave the bill preliminary approval Thursday, and lawmakers will likely take it up for final approval next week before the measure is sent to the House, the AP reported.

Democrats have control of the Maryland General Assembly, but Gov. Larry Hogan (R) has not publicly taken a stance on the measure.

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The measure was proposed after President Trump Donald John TrumpBiden leads Trump by 36 points nationally among Latinos: poll Trump dismisses climate change role in fires, says Newsom needs to manage forest better Jimmy Kimmel hits Trump for rallies while hosting Emmy Awards MORE refused to release his tax returns during his presidential bid, breaking with decades of precedent.

Trump has cited an ongoing audit as to why he couldn’t make the documents public. However, the IRS pushed back against the statement, saying that nothing is preventing him from releasing the returns.

Lawmakers in California and New Jersey have attempted to pass similar legislation, but both bills were vetoed.