A House committee is set to approve a concealed weapons bill just over one month after it was introduced.

The House Criminal Justice Committee vote, expected Wednesday, would send the bill to the full House. Last year, a House committee took nine months to recommend a similar bill for passage.

The House and Senate passed separate versions of the bill last year but could not resolve the differences.

The new bill still is opposed by Governor Taft, who won't support any concealed weapons bill that isn't backed by the State Highway Patrol and the Ohio Association of Chiefs of Police.

The patrol doesn't want one provision that would allow motorists to carry loaded guns in their cars. It says that would create too much of a danger for troopers.

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