TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) _ The Kansas House is expected to approve a
bill redrawing members' districts so power shifts in the chamber to
the Kansas City area from rural parts of the state.
The measure facing final action Thursday has the support of
Speaker Mike O'Neal, a Hutchinson Republican, and Minority Leader
Paul Davis, a Lawrence Democrat. Passage is expected by a wide
margin.
The bill would go to the Senate, but by tradition, one chamber
doesn't revise the other chamber's plan for its own members'
districts.
The legislation eliminates one district each in southeast,
southwest and central Kansas and adds three districts to the Kansas
City area. Lawmakers must redraw political boundaries to reflect
changes in population.
The House gave the bill first-round approval Wednesday on a
voice vote.