TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) -- The Kansas House is expected to approve a bill redrawing members' districts so power shifts in the chamber to the Kansas City area from rural parts of the state.

The measure facing final action Thursday has the support of Speaker Mike O'Neal, a Hutchinson Republican, and Minority Leader Paul Davis, a Lawrence Democrat. Passage is expected by a wide margin.

The bill would go to the Senate, but by tradition, one chamber doesn't revise the other chamber's plan for its own members' districts.

The legislation eliminates one district each in southeast, southwest and central Kansas and adds three districts to the Kansas City area. Lawmakers must redraw political boundaries to reflect changes in population.

The House gave the bill first-round approval Wednesday on a voice vote.