TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — The Kansas Senate has passed a bill blocking a state regulatory commission from spending money to study how to comply with new federal clean-power rules until a legal challenge is resolved.

The chamber’s 37-2 vote on Thursday night sends the measure to the House. The vote came just two days after a divided U.S. Supreme Court agreed to halt enforcement of President Barack Obama’s sweeping plan to address climate change until a legal challenge by several states, including Kansas, is resolved

The Lawrence Journal-World reports that the Kansas Corporation Commission had been searching for a consulting firm to work on a study of what the state would be required to do to comply.

Sen. Rob Olson, R-Olathe, says the state shouldn’t move forward until the legal challenges are fully resolved.