(AP) The Maine House has approved a bill to close the state’s only prison for youthful offenders within two years.

The 81-57 vote on Thursday followed party lines, and now goes to the Maine Senate. A two-thirds majority is needed to overcome a potential veto from Democratic Gov. Janet Mills, the Portland Press Herald reported.

The bill would direct the Maine Department of Corrections to close the Long Creek Youth Development Center within two years.

The nearly $19 million spent on Long Creek annually would go to “a continuum of community-based alternatives.”

Youth activists and advocates for juvenile justice reform have been pushing for years to close it. There are currently several dozen people detained in the facility, which is designed to hold up to 200.

Maine corrections officials said they plan to close Long Creek at some point, but not in the immediate future.