Utah Legislature passes new congressional map in special session
Oct 6, 2025, 9:35 AM | Updated: 5:06 pm
SALT LAKE CITY — On Monday, the Utah Legislative Redistricting Committee reduced the number of maps on the table to one, recommending Map C as the state’s new congressional map. Hours later, the Utah Legislature agreed in a vote.
Monday’s vote was cast during a special session that Gov. Spencer Cox called on Friday. The map was one of six proposed by the committee; five by GOP committee chairs and one by Democrats.
The map was passed along with SB1011, which Cox then signed into law hours later.
Redistricting map C, chosen by Utah’s Redistricting Committee to be brought to the state’s Legislature during a special session on Monday, Oct. 6, 2025. (Utah Legislature)
This comes after a judge invalidated the current congressional map, launching a rare mid-decade redistricting process to create a new one before next year’s election. Republican legislators oversaw that process while noting they disagree with the judge’s decision and plan to appeal it.
The issue goes back to 2018 when Utah voters narrowly approved Proposition 4, which created an independent redistricting commission to redraw congressional maps and new standards to follow during that process.
However, lawmakers later changed Proposition 4 by making its role advisory, and they adopted new congressional maps in 2021 that ignored the commission’s suggestions. The following year, several groups sued, arguing that lawmakers violated Utahns’ rights to participate in free elections.
This is a developing story. It may be updated.
Contributing: Daniel Woodruff, KSL TV
