TOPEKA (AP) – Secretary of State Kris Kobach plans to discuss legal issues surrounding redistricting after a debate in the Kansas Senate on a new plan for redrawing the chamber’s 40 districts.

Kobach is the state’s chief elections officer but also a former law professor. He planned a Wednesday morning news conference to discuss redistricting and a pending federal lawsuit.

Passage of a new plan by the Senate probably wouldn’t break a stalemate with GOP conservatives, who have a majority in the House and have blocked an earlier proposal for Senate redistricting.

The impasse threatens to delay the state’s Aug. 7 primary election.