BOISE -- Idaho universities and colleges will keep their authority to regulate firearms on campus under a new bill headed to the Senate floor.

The Senate State Affairs Committee unanimously approved a measure Wednesday that pre-empts local governments from regulating most aspects of firearms.

The proposal no longer has a provision that would require the State Board of Education and the University of Idaho's Board of Regents to set rules allowing concealed weapons on campus.

The measure does prevent cities, counties and other divisions of local government from passing ordinances that regulate most aspects of firearms, like the sale, acquisition and transfer of guns.