House Speaker Charles McCall has appointed all House members to redistricting committees.

Every ten years, the Oklahoma Constitution requires each legislative chamber to redraw its own districts and congressional districts following the release of decennial U.S. Census data.

Eight regional redistricting subcommittees will go directly to the public to ask citizens how House districts should look for the next decade. In-person and virtual town halls, online submissions, citizen surveys and more will be used to gather extensive public input throughout the fall and winter ahead of the 2021 legislative session. Each House member will serve on a regional subcommittee.

Using the public’s input, subcommittees will produce regional maps used to build the statewide House district map.

The 2020 census count ends Sept. 30 and final data will be delivered to states in spring 2021, at which point the Legislature is constitutionally required to enact a redistricting plan for the next decade.

The full Redistricting Committee will be appointed after the seating of the 58th Legislature in November.

Each House member represents nearly 40,000 Oklahomans on average.

Following the 2010 Census, Oklahoma’s 101 House districts had a population target of 37,142 constituents per district. District populations are expected to grow after the conclusion of the 2020 Census.

Rep. Sheila Dills, R-Tulsa, is the chairman for Tulsa and Rep. Monroe Nichols, D-Tulsa, is the vice chairman.