An Arizona bill that would allow app developers to bypass fees from the Apple and Google stores advanced Wednesday in the state House.

The bill, introduced by Republican state Rep. Regina Cobb passed in a tight 31-29 vote.

The bill would bar the app stores from requiring in-app payment as the only mode of accepting payment from users in Arizona to download apps or purchase products through an app.

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Pat Garofalo, director of state and local policy at the American Economic Liberties Project, said the passage of the bill in Arizona is “proof that there is a growing desire to rein in the power of the Big Tech companies that hold sway over key areas of commerce.”

“Small businesses exist at the whims of platform monopolies that can arbitrarily crush them overnight, with no warning or recourse, if they don’t agree to turn over a significant cut of their revenue in order to access their own customers. Bills such as HB 2005 are one part of addressing those harms,” Garofalo added in a statement.

The American Economic Liberties Project was part of a coalition of progressive groups that  penned a letter last month to members of the Arizona legislature urging them to pass the bill.