Advocates in support of a proposal before the state Legislature which would allow terminally ill patients with less than six months to live access to medically assisted suicide say that sentiments have shifted among voters who rejected a similar idea just over a decade ago.

Armed with new polling that shows the vast majority of Bay State voters support a medically assisted suicide proposal, advocates of the End of Life Options Act, or H. 2246 and S.1331, were at the State House Wednesday for a lobbying day, telling any lawmaker that would listen that the time is ripe for the Commonwealth to join other jurisdictions where patients and doctors are provided legal protections for end of life care.

“This legislation would allow mentally capable, terminally ill adults to have the option to obtain prescription medication they could decide to take to gently end their suffering if it becomes unbearable,” a spokesperson wrote ahead of the lobbying day. “Nearly three out of four Massachusetts voters (73%) support the End of Life Options Act and nearly eight out of ten voters (79%) support the bill after they learn about its safeguards.”

Sponsored by state Sen. Jo Comerford, Reps. James O’Day and Ted Philips, the bill, if approved by both chambers of the Legislature and signed by Gov. Maura Healey, would make Massachusetts the 11th state to legalize physician assisted suicide.

Neighboring Vermont, at the start of May, became the first state in the country to expand the practice to out of state patients.

Massachusetts has floated the idea of allowing terminally ill adults to end their lives in the past, but there has been little movement on Beacon Hill since a ballot initiative which would have legalized the practice was narrowly defeated by voters in 2012.

Lawmakers previously told the Herald there has been support in the Legislature for the proposal, but they were unsure of former Gov. Charlie Baker’s will to sign any aid in dying bill.

Gov. Maura Healey is apparently of a different mind, having stated publicly that she would support the practice if it were presented with the proper safeguards to prevent abuse of vulnerable patients.

Support for the bill, according to polling, extends even into those with strict religious beliefs and those already living with disabilities.

“At least seven in 10 voters (70%-75%) in every state region support the bill, as do 79% of Democrats, 71% of unenrolled voters, 68% of Republicans, 89% of strongly pro-choice voters, 68% of moderate pro-choice voters, a plurality of pro-life voters (47% vs. 43%), 68% of Catholic voters, 71% of Protestant voters, 68% of voters living with a disability, 76% of white voters and 63% of voters of color,” advocates say.