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After the independent redistricting commission failed to agree on maps, the Supreme Court of Virginia appointed Special Masters to draw the maps. The maps were approved in January of 2022.
Sen. Peters chairs the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee which held a hearing on S51 in June - the first Senate hearing on statehood for District of Columbia since 2014.
