The federal Bill that would end the ban on the Territory and ACT from legislating on euthanasia is expected to pass after it advanced from the second reading stage with 41 votes to 25 in the Senate on Thursday, however opponents of the Bill, including NT Senator Jacinta Price have prevented bringing on a final vote.

The private members’ Bill, introduced by Solomon MP Luke Gosling and Canberra MP Alicia Payne, seeks to overturn the 25-year ban on voluntary assisted dying applied on the territories by the Howard Government in 1997.

“It’s awesome to see today’s vote in the Senate in favour of restoring Territory rights, and I am even more hopeful that next week we’ll see the [Kevin] Andrews’ ban gone for good,” Mr Gosling told News Corp.

“We’ve done a lot of work to show our Senate colleagues that this bill is about righting a 25-year-old wrong and restoring democratic equality to Territorians. We’ve been second-class citizens for far too long.”

Mr Gosling said he was confident the Bill would pass next week.

If it passes the Senate next week, the Bill would give the Territory the same rights as states to vote on and draft voluntary assisted dying legislation.

However, CLP Senator Jacinta Price voted against the Bill.

“It’s disappointing to see Senator Price voting against restoring Territory rights,” Mr Gosling said.

“Someone who does not believe her constituents deserve equal rights to other Australians shouldn’t be representing them in the federal parliament or anywhere else.”

Ms Price said she was concerned about protecting “vulnerable Territorians”, including disabled children and those with mental impairments, who she said could be affected by the changes.

“It is actually about considering what those safeguards might look like, particularly for vulnerable Australians who are often unheard, who are often disregarded because they’re largely out of sight and out of mind,” Ms Price said.

On Friday she would not rule out later supporting the Bill, saying she was currently drafting her own amendments to bring to the Senate.

Liberal Senator Jonathon Duniam, who led the postponement, said it was clear the “no” camp didn’t have the numbers.

“It is clear that the numbers mean … territory rights will be restored,” he said.

Multiple campaigns over the years to restore the Territory’s rights on euthanasia have failed, however crossbench parties including the Greens, One Nation, United Australia Party and the Jacquie Lambie Network have all previously indicated their support for the bill to restore both the NT’s and the ACT’s rights on assisted dying laws.