Overview

• Judge Dianna Gibson barred use of the 2021 map for the 2026 elections and directed lawmakers to produce a Proposition 4–compliant plan by Sept. 24.
• House Speaker Mike Schultz and Senate President J. Stuart Adams said they will redraw the lines while seeking a stay and other appeals, calling the 30-day timeline unfair to the public.
• Gibson ruled the Legislature unlawfully repealed the voter-approved reform, writing that Proposition 4 is binding law; she was appointed by Republican Gov. Gary Herbert.
• President Trump denounced the ruling as “absolutely unconstitutional,” and Sen. Mike Lee echoed the criticism, while voting-rights advocates prepared alternative map proposals.
• Election officials cite a Nov. 1 administrative need for final maps, a status conference is set for Friday, and the case unfolds as both parties press mid-decade redraws in states like Texas and California with control of the U.S. House at stake.