SALT LAKE CITY (ABC4) — Governor Spencer Cox officially called the legislature to a special session of the Utah Legislature for Monday, October 6, at 9 a.m., immediately following the committee vote on Utah's new congressional map, which is scheduled for 8 a.m.

The call has 13 agenda items, the most anticipated of which includes a vote on Utah's new Congressional maps and a bill to codify the methods that will be used to determine partisan fairness.

The Legislature held the final hearing on redistricting on September 24, where Republicans and Democrats sparred over the issue of partisan fairness. Democrats want more than one test, while the current version of a bill from Sen. Brady Brammer (R-Highland) only has one.

A Senate leader has since told ABC4 that a revised version of the bill

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