The controversial LIV Tour golf circuit, funded by Saudi Arabia, has attracted numerous top professional players as well as a legion of critics.

On Thursday, the New Jersey Senate State Government, Wagering, Tourism & Historic Preservation Committee voted 3-2 — along partisan lines, with Democrats prevailing — in favor of a bill that “prohibits professional sports organizations operated utilizing funds primarily received from sovereign wealth funds from hosting sport or athletic events in this State.”

The bill’s backers clarified before the vote that it was specifically designed to prevent a repeat of the LIV Tour’s event that was held at Trump National Golf Club in Bedminster this summer. The fate of the bill also likely will provide a clue as to whether state regulators eventually will allow legal wagering on any of the tour’s events. Connecticut, Illinois, Nevada, Arizona, Oregon, and Washington are among the states that have allowed betting on LIV events in this inaugural season — but New Jersey has not.