( CNN ) -- Ten states plan to file a federal lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of the new health care reform bill , Florida 's attorney general announced Monday . Bill McCollum , the Republican attorney general under fellow Republican Gov . Charlie Crist , told a news conference that the lawsuit would be filed once President Obama signs the health care bill into law . He said he 'll be joined by his counterparts in Alabama , Nebraska , North Dakota , Pennsylvania , South Carolina , South Dakota , Texas , Utah and Washington . All of the attorneys general in the 10 states mentioned by McCollum are Republican , but McCollum said the lawsuit would be about the law and not politics . Also Monday , Virginia 's Republican attorney general said his state would file a lawsuit challenging the health care bill . It was unclear if Virginia would join the other states or proceed on its own . The U.S. House of Representatives passed the bill on Sunday night , and Obama intends to sign it Tuesday , according to Democratic sources . What will health care reform mean to you ? McCollum said the lawsuit would challenge the bill 's provision requiring people to purchase health insurance , along with provisions that will force state government to spend more on health care services . `` This is a tax or a penalty on just living , and that 's unconstitutional , '' he said of the mandate to purchase health coverage . `` There 's no provision in the Constitution of the United States giving Congress the power to do that . '' McCollum also said that portions of the bill would force states to spend money they do n't have , which he called a violation of the 10th Amendment to the Constitution . `` There 's no way we can do what 's required in this bill and still provide for education , for foster care , for the incarceration of prisoners , all the other things that are in this bill , '' he said . McCollum said he expected the lawsuit to eventually reach the U.S. Supreme Court . Later Monday , White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs said the Obama administration expected to win any lawsuits filed against the health care bill . The Democratic governor of Washington criticized her state 's attorney general , Rob McKenna , for being part of the planned lawsuit . Gov . Chris Gregoire issued a statement that said she disagreed with McKenna 's decision and that the attorney general was not representing her . Gregoire 's statement also said she would actively oppose the lawsuit .
Virginia , and other states plan to file lawsuits challenging health care reform legislation . House AG Bill McCollum : ` ` This is a tax ... on just living , and that 's unconstitutional '' McCollum says it would force states to spend money , which violates 10th Amendment .