Sen. Dianne Feinstein called for a hearing on legislation banning “assault weapons” Thursday in the wake of a mass shooting at a Florida high school that left 17 dead.

The top Democrat on the Senate Judiciary Committee said her bill “deserves” a hearing. Feinstein authored the 1994 assault weapons ban that Congress allowed to expire in 2004. Talk of reauthorizing the law or increasing the age requirement for purchases of rifles like the AR-15 has increased since last week’s shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla.