Flutter Bloc: state not rebuilding - flutter

Question

I have a bloc listening to chats. Through the debugger, I can see that the bloc is catching live updates. However, the ui is not rebuilding when these changes occur. To see a change, I have to leave and reload the screen.
My chat state:
part of 'chat_bloc.dart';
abstract class ChatState extends Equatable {
const ChatState();
#override
List<Object?> get props => [];
}
class ChatLoading extends ChatState {}
class ChatLoaded extends ChatState {
final List<Chat?>? compiledChats;
const ChatLoaded({required this.compiledChats});
#override
List<Object?> get props => [compiledChats];
}
My chat events:
part of 'chat_bloc.dart';
abstract class ChatEvent extends Equatable {
const ChatEvent();
#override
List<Object?> get props => [];
}
class LoadChat extends ChatEvent {
const LoadChat();
#override
List<Object> get props => [];
}
class CloseChat extends ChatEvent {
const CloseChat();
#override
List<Object?> get props => [];
}
class UpdateChat extends ChatEvent {
final List<List<Chat?>> chats;
const UpdateChat({required this.chats});
#override
List<Object> get props => [chats];
}
My actual bloc:
import 'dart:async';
import 'package:bloc/bloc.dart';
import 'package:equatable/equatable.dart';
import 'package:hero/blocs/auth/auth_bloc.dart';
import 'package:hero/models/chat_model.dart';
import 'package:hero/models/user_model.dart';
import 'package:hero/repository/firestore_repository.dart';
part 'chat_event.dart';
part 'chat_state.dart';
class ChatBloc extends Bloc<ChatEvent, ChatState> {
final FirestoreRepository _firestoreRepository;
late StreamSubscription _chatListener;
ChatBloc({
required FirestoreRepository firestoreRepository,
}) : _firestoreRepository = firestoreRepository,
super(ChatLoading()) {
on<LoadChat>(_onLoadChat);
on<UpdateChat>(_onUpdateChat);
on<CloseChat>(_onCloseChat);
}
void _onLoadChat(
LoadChat event,
Emitter<ChatState> emit,
) {
_chatListener = _firestoreRepository.chats.listen((chats) {
add(
UpdateChat(
chats: chats,
),
);
});
}
void _onUpdateChat(
UpdateChat event,
Emitter<ChatState> emit,
) {
//generate compiledChats from event.chats
List<Chat?>? compiledChats = [];
for (List<Chat?> chatList in event.chats) {
for (Chat? chat in chatList) {
if (chat != null) {
compiledChats.add(chat);
}
}
}
emit(ChatLoaded(compiledChats: compiledChats));
}
void _onCloseChat(
CloseChat event,
Emitter<ChatState> emit,
) {
_chatListener.cancel();
print('ChatBloc disposed');
emit(ChatLoading());
}
#override
Future<void> close() async {
super.close();
}
}
For the scope of this problem, all that really matters is just looking at the updateChat and LoadChat methods. Any ideas? Thanks!