SALT LAKE CITY — A hearing of the Utah State Legislature's Redistricting Committee got heated as Democrats complained they were not being given access to data being used to generate maps being put forward by Republicans on the committee.

The committee did not vote to advance any map. Instead, Utahns will get to weigh in on all the maps submitted in the court-ordered redistricting process. The redistricting committee will reconvene on Oct. 6 ahead of a special session of the Utah legislature and pick one. If the entire legislature approves it? The map goes back to the judge for her approval.

On Wednesday, Senate Minority Leader Luz Escamilla, D-Salt Lake City, and Rep. Doug Owens, D-Millcreek, presented a map they had created to be considered. Rep. Owens had been chastised by the committe

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