COLUMBUS, Ohio — The group responsible for redrawing new legislative maps said it will miss the Wednesday deadline to present new maps to the public.

The Ohio Redistricting Commission officially adopted the rules to start redrawing the maps Tuesday for the General Assembly. Because the first legal deadline is Wednesday, and House Speaker Robert Cupp admitted it will not be met, the question is what happens next?

"At what point will the commission offer these maps," Ohio House Minority Leader Emilia Sykes, D-Akron, asked multiple times Tuesday.

"Obviously when a map is presented. Members of the commission have an opportunity to weigh in," responded Ohio House Speaker and commission co-chair Robert Cupp, R-Lima.

The redistricting commission was supposed have hosted three public hearings and vote on a map it presented by Wednesday. Cupp said the commission being late with the maps may be blamed on the U.S. Census Bureau not delivering its data on time.

“Had there been more time available to work with the data and draw the maps, there would probably be more opportunity for public discussion, input and consideration and that sort of thing but we're working with the situation that we have," said Cupp.

The situation is there is no official map. However, Senate Democrats did present its own General Assembly maps at the meeting.

"These map plans adhere to the spirit of the reforms passed overwhelmingly by the voters of Ohio as well as with federal law," explained Randall Routt, Ohio Senate Minority Caucus Policy Advisor.

Ohio Senate President Matt Huffman, R-Lima, disagreed and called the maps unconstitutional.

"Section 5 of the [Ohio] Constitution has to do with incumbent senators who, in this case, have three-and-a-half years remaining on their term and the protection that those senators have,” Huffman said. “And those would be frankly Sen. Sykes and myself and all senators who are in an even-numbered year. And those apparently were not taken into account.”

That said, Cupp said the commission itself will not be drawing its own map. Instead, he wants the Democratic and Republican caucuses in the House and Senate to submit their own maps to the group.

Cupp said Republicans are already “carefully developing” a map.

"I think, in this case, being careful and deliberate is a virtue when we're doing something this significant which will have an impact for hopefully at least a decade," Cupp said.

Meanwhile, Sykes said she was unaware of the Republican effort.

"We'd be more than happy and delighted to engage in this and offer our suggestions that we heard from not only the listening tour last week but our constituents at town halls across the state and the emails and phone calls that we've received for well over a year," said Sykes.

As of now, there is no set schedule moving forward for when the hearings will take place. The commission must approve a map, whether it is four years or 10 years by Sept. 15. It would only be 10 years if it receives Democratic support.