LANSING, MI - The bills to allow concealed guns in schools may have stolen the spotlight on Wednesday, but the Senate also passed bills allowing younger people to concealed carry and establishing law for foster parents with guns.

The changes are among several that have been pending in the state Senate.

Here are the gun bills the Senate passed on Wednesday:

'Provisional' license would let 18-20-year-olds concealed carry

The current age for getting a Concealed Pistol License is 21, but senate bill 366, passed by the Michigan Senate on Wednesday, would allow Michigan 18 to 20-year-olds to obtain a provisional license to carry a concealed weapon.

Bill sponsor Sen. Wayne Schmidt, R-Traverse City, said earlier this year 18 to 20-year-olds already handle guns in military and police training, and this would allow them to concealed carry.

"This is a responsible bill that will require 18- to 20-year-olds to abide by the current training and background requirements for obtaining a Concealed Pistol License," Schmidt said.

"It will make sure younger people are ready to conceal carry, as they are currently allowed by law to possess and open carry a fire arm."

The bill is opposed by the groups Physicians Preventing Gun Violence and Moms demand action.

It passed 26-11 with the Senate Democrats voting against it.

Letting foster parents own guns

A recent lawsuit has drawn attention to the intersection of foster parents and gun rights. Potential foster parents argue in a lawsuit their gun rights are being infringed upon by the state, which allows foster parents to own guns but requires they be stored securely and out of reach for children. That includes keeping them in a locked place, locking up ammunition separately, locking the trigger and registering the handgun.

Sen. Tom Casperson, R-Escanaba, sponsored Senate Bill 527. It also includes standards for gun storage by foster parents and allows foster parents to carry a gun on their person in the presence of a child. But passing it sends a signal to the Department of Health and Human Services, too, that they shouldn't be denying people as foster parents because they own guns.

"I think the Department of (Health and) Human Services should be very careful with the fact that they perceive that issue as a reason not to let people have foster kids. They're good parents, that's not reason to judge them," Casperson said.

The bill passed the Senate 26-11 on Wednesday with Democrats voting against it.

Concealed guns in schools

The chamber also passed a set of bills that would allow concealed carry - and stop open carry - in Michigan schools.

The package was led by Senate Majority Leader Arlan Meekhof, R-West Olive, who said concealed weapons could serve as a deterrent when somebody was looking to cause harm.

It passed 25-2 but was opposed by Democrats, who labeled it as the "pistols in preschools" package.