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Arguable the biggest issue of the legislative session is moving quickly through the process. The state senate passed redistricting maps last month. Now the house has approved its own versions. House Redistricting Chairman Will Weatherford says the new maps keep more cities and counties in tact that the old maps that cut hundreds of cities and counties into strange shapes.

“This map we just produced has only 75 city splits, so there is a reduction of almost 70 percent in city splits. County splits we only had 30 county splits which is a tremendous improvement over the last map,” said Weatherford.

Democrats say the maps are still drawn to guarantee the legislature is controlled by Republicans. The maps are expected to be challenged in court.