Topeka ? A Senate committee redrawing Kansas’ four congressional districts now has six proposed maps to consider.

At a hearing Monday, no members of the Senate Reapportionment Committee expressed support for a map created by a 34-member legislative panel that spent months gathering public opinion.

But members were given five alternative maps to consider, submitted by a variety of interested parties. The committee began reviewing the new maps Monday and was to begin voting today in hope of settling on a map that could be recommended to the full Senate.

Sen. David Adkins, chairman of the Senate Reapportionment Committee, also co-chaired the Special Committee on Redistricting that produced the original map under consideration.

“Due to the reticence of this committee to address any issues with the maps, we will try to address those issues by voting,” said Adkins, R-Leawood. “I advise the committee members to do their homework and be ready to take action.”

The Senate committee plans to work on the 40-district Kansas Senate map after finishing the congressional map sometime this week.

Adkins told the committee, “Don’t plan on leaving here Friday until we have a map ready to go.”