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Utah Lawmakers Unveil Five U.S. House Maps as Court-Ordered Redraw Opens With Public Hearing

A court decision reviving Proposition 4’s criteria forces a GOP-led panel into a compressed redraw on a strict timeline.

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Voters stand in an hourlong line at Hogle Zoo in Salt Lake City on Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2024.
From left, Director John Q. Cannon, co-chair Rep. Candice B. Pierucci, R-Riverton, co-chair Sen. Scott D. Sandall, R-Tremonton, and Managing Associate General Counsel Mike Curtis listen as the community gives comment during a Legislative Redistricting Committee meeting at the Capitol in Salt Lake City on Monday, Sept. 22, 2025.

Overview

  • The 10-member redistricting committee, with eight Republicans and two Democrats, convened its first hearing Monday under a judge’s order.
  • Five options labeled A through E were released, and none split Salt Lake County more than once compared with the current four-way division.
  • Analyses reported by Deseret News indicate at least four plans could yield a Democratic-leaning U.S. House district in Utah.
  • Republican lawmakers floated a bill to codify a partisan-symmetry statistical test for future maps, drawing objections from Democrats and Prop. 4 advocates.
  • The schedule calls for a draft by Sept. 25, a 10-day public comment window, an Oct. 6 special-session vote, subsequent court review, and a Nov. 10 target for election administration readiness.