AUSTIN,TEXAS (AP) -- Texas Senators have voted to allow concealed handgun license holders to carry their weapons into public college classrooms and buildings.

Monday's 21-10 vote is a major push on an issue that had stalled in the Senate and House despite overwhelming numbers of lawmakers in support.

Sen. Jeff Wentworth, R-San Antonio, had been unable to muster the votes he needed under Senate rules to pass the issue as its own bill. Monday's vote tacked the measure onto a universities spending bill.

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