May 20, 2021 •
Minnesota Adjourns Sine Die
The Minnesota Legislature adjourned sine die on May 17, although work is not finished.
Lawmakers reached a bipartisan budget agreement on numbers only, with details to be worked out at a special session in June.
Both chambers expect to be back in a special session on June 14 when Gov. Walz’s current declaration of a Peacetime Emergency ends.
If Walz wants to extend the emergency declaration again, he is obligated by law to call a special session to give both chambers the right to rescind his declaration by a majority vote.
If the budget bills are not passed and signed into law by July 1, there will be a government shutdown, which has happened twice before.
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