(MCT) — SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — The Democratic-led majority in the Illinois House voted Tuesday in favor of banning guns in schools, casinos and on public transit during an unusual debate allowing lawmakers to vote piece by piece on where people should be allowed to carry concealed weapons.

Democrats said the hours-long action on the House floor was a way to test support for the various elements of a bill that lawmakers are expected to pass sometime this spring to comply with a federal appeals court ruling against Illinois — the only state that hasn’t legalized some form of concealed carry for citizens.