Illinois’ three-decade-old ban on the construction of new commercial nuclear power plants is one step closer to being lifted after the state’s House of Representatives approved the move.

The House voted by 84-22 to pass legislation that would end the state’s moratorium on new nuclear. The state Senate passed the legislation on 30 March. The bill now moves to the governor’s desk for consideration.

Senate Bill 76 would delete the language delete language in the Illinois Public Utilities Act that forbids nuclear plant construction in the state until the federal government has approved plans for the disposal of high-level nuclear waste.