Japan‘s legislators have made good on their promise to revive their long-stalled push to legalize casino gambling.

On Thursday, senior members of the group of lawmakers who crafted the country’s Integrated Resorts study bill held a meeting to confirm their intention to pass the legislation in the Diet’s current session, which runs until late November.

Japan’s constitution prohibits casino gambling, so legislators must approve a bill that would amend the constitution. Only after that can they get around to passing legislation that would spell out the nuts and bolts of casino licensing and regulation. But despite years of attempts, legislators have been unable to bring the IR study bill up for a vote.

On Thursday, the Yomiuri Shimbun reported that the Diet’s pro-casino faction had been spurred by the August appointment of Toshihiro Nikai as secretary general of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP).