Backbench MPs do not normally get time in Parliament for their bills to be debated, but the Spen Valley MP’s proposal will be allotted space after she came first in a ballot.
The bill is expected to be formally introduced in Parliament on 16 October, and a debate could take place within weeks.
Even if it is approved at an initial vote, the bill would still be debated at further stages in the parliamentary process.
It would also need to be agreed by both the House of Commons and the House of Lords, before becoming law.
Baroness Tanni Grey-Thompson, a former paralympian and crossbench peer in the House of Lords, said she had concerns “about the impact on vulnerable people, on disabled people, coercive control, and the ability of doctors to make a six-month diagnosis”.
However, broadcaster Dame Esther Rantzen, who has been calling for change, welcomed the bill, telling the : “All I’m asking for is that we be given the dignity of choice.
“If I decide that my own life is not worth living, please may I ask for help to die. It’s a choice.”
The Childline founder has lung cancer and last year said she had joined Dignitas, the assisted dying clinic in Switzerland.
