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While inmates on Virginia’s death row can currently choose—with limited options—how their lives will end, they may soon have less authority over the decision. The state Senate passed a bill today that will allow officials to use the electric chair when lethal injection drugs aren’t available.

The House passed the legislation last month. And while the Senate rejected it two years ago, it signed on today—with an amendment that says the director of the Department of Corrections must first make a significant effort to get the drugs, according to The Washington Post.

In 2011, pharmaceutical company Hospira announced it would no longer produce Pentothal, an anesthetic that makes up part of the drug cocktail used in lethal injections. At the time, it was the only company making the product in the country; European pharmaceutical companies are banned from exporting the drugs to the States. Since then, states have been challenged with making changes in how they administer capital punishment.

Virginia’s bill will return to the House for approval. If it passes, it’ll be sent to Gov. Terry McAuliffe’s desk.