SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) — South Dakota colleges could soon be limited in restricting gun owners with an enhanced concealed carry permit from bringing a firearm onto campus.

Along with its requested amendments, Senate Bill 100 would limit restrictions on carrying a concealed gun on a public university or technical college campus in South Dakota. Republican Sen. Mykala Voita of the Bonesteel area introduced the legislation and is one of the bill’s prime sponsors.

“I just really feel that as a constitutional carry state, it’s very wrong of us to tell 18-year-old kids, 18-year-old adults, that just because you step foot on a state university or a technical school, your second amendment right is null and void,” Voita said Tuesday.

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Like Democratic Sen. Liz Larson of Sioux Falls, Voita is a gun owner. However, Larson opposed SB 100 when it was in front of the Senate State Affairs committee. The committee advanced the legislation on Monday with a 7-2 vote.

“The Board of Regents and the university presidents know their campuses better than anyone, so why should the legislature be forcing our hand upon them to put rules in that might not be appropriate for them,” Larson said Tuesday.

The entire Senate is set to consider the bill Wednesday. The legislation covers the carry of stun guns, mace and pepper spray as well.