Sen. Terrance “Positive” Nelson  announced Thursday he submitted a bill to the legislation that would legalize medical cannabis on the U.S. Virgin Islands. 

This marks the second time Nelson had submitted a medical cannabis bill. He tried to introduce a measure in 2014, but former Attorney General Claude Walker warned against passing a measure which would put them at odds with the federal law.

“The overall goal of the Medical Cannabis Patient Care Act proposal is to allow patients access to the beneficial use of medical cannabis in a regulated system for alleviating symptoms caused by debilitating medical conditions and for their medical treatments,” said Sen. Nelson in a press release.

Nelson said the new measure was reviewed by policy advisers, industry leaders, and critics of the previous bill to ensure a positive result on the legislation.

The new bill would allow residents who qualify under the 18 conditions  to possess up to four ounces of cannabis and grow 12 cannabis plants at home.

The senator also said this is the first step in reforming island cannabis laws and echoed support for 21-and-up social cannabis use in the future.