Gov. Roy Cooper said he sees an opening for another possible way to repeal House Bill 2 after talking with NC House and Senate Republican leaders.

Cooper was at a YMCA breakfast celebrating Martin Luther King Jr. Day where he has been talking with NC Senate Majority Leader Phil Berger and House Speaker Tim Moore since their last deal collapsed in December, according to The News & Observer.

“We’ve had it out,” Cooper told reporters after the breakfast. “A couple of times, we’ve talked. They certainly do want to move forward in some way.”

Cooper explained that GOP legislative leaders want to have a majority of their fellow Republican legislators on board for repeal before holding votes on the floor.

Cooper also said he would advise the Democrat-controlled Charlotte City Council not to re-enact the non-discrimination ordinance that was nullified by House Bill 2, according to The News & Observer.

However, some on the council have talked about re-enacting the non-discrimination ordinance to show that they are committed to legally protect LGBT rights.

“Charlotte has taken the step that Republican leaders wanted them to take, and now we need to keep pushing the legislature,” Cooper said. “The ball’s in their court. It’s time for them to act. I don’t see that there’s any need for [the City Council] to [re-enact the ordinance], no.”

Charlotte Mayor Jennifer Roberts also attended the prayer breakfast and echoed Cooper’s remarks, enforcing that she is hopeful all sides can agree on something “positive.”

“We are where we’re going to continue to have conversations,” Roberts said. “We want to figure out some way forward that repeals HB2 and also sets in place some way to recognize that everyone deserves protection. We have to let our cities be cities. I don’t know what that looks like yet because there’s a lot of different ideas about how that may go about.”