Legislature - with budget incomplete - gavels out, prepares for special session
Some years, state legislative sessions surge to a climax on their final day, a flurry of activity providing a sustained adrenaline rush, culminating in smiles of satisfaction as a midnight deadline is met for completing the people’s business.
And then there are final days that fizzle.
Such could be said of 2025’s constitutionally prescribed final day of Minnesota’s legislative session. On Monday, some completed conference committee reports were passed by the House and sent to the Senate, but several more lay dormant, the committee co-chairs from the two chambers unable to reach agreement.
So it’s on to a special session, but how soon Gov. Tim Walz will call one remains to be seen. The timing is likely to hinge upon how far apart the various unconcluded conference committees are in crafting their final reports.
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Session Daily
Page added to House website for special session working group information (5/23/2025 9:09:00 PM) Working group finds agreement on workforce budget bill (5/23/2025 2:18:00 PM) House leaders say lawmakers nearing agreements on unfinished bills (5/22/2025 5:33:00 PM) Tax working group the first to make public preparations for a special session (5/21/2025 7:06:00 PM) Legislature — with budget incomplete — gavels out, prepares for special session (5/20/2025 12:57:00 AM) House, Senate pass state government and elections bill ahead of session's adjournment (5/19/2025 9:36:00 PM) House votes to extend unemployment benefits to Iron Range miners, Senate takes no action (5/19/2025 7:51:00 PM) Lawmakers pass bill boosting pensions for Minnesota teachers, police and firefighters (5/19/2025 3:32:00 PM) Human services policy bill handily passed by House, Senate (5/19/2025 2:16:00 PM) House, Senate give green light to Legacy funding agreement (5/18/2025 8:19:00 PM) Judiciary and public safety agreement clears House, heads to Senate (5/18/2025 7:28:00 PM)
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Event Schedule
Date to be announced: 2025 First Special Session
Monday, June 2 2025 6/2/2025 8:00 AM
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ARTICLE IV, SECTION 12 OF THE MINNESOTA CONSTITUTION:.
“A special session of the legislature may be called by the governor on extraordinary occasions”.
-- A Proclamation by Governor Tim Walz summoning the two houses of the Legislature to meet in Special Session is expected.
2026 Regular Session Start Date: February 17, 2026
Tuesday, February 17 2026 2/17/2026 12:00 PM
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The House and Senate have both adopted HC2 (Niska/Murphy) A House concurrent resolution relating to adjournment of the House of Representatives and Senate until Tuesday, February 17, 2026, at 12:00 noon.
News and Notes
Bill Introductions: HF3347
2026 Legislative Session
The 2026 legislative session will begin Feb. 17, 2026 and must conclude by May 18, 2026.
2025 Committee Deadlines
Here are the three committee deadlines for 2025 (first and second are the same day):
- Friday, April 4 at 5 p.m. — Committees must act favorably on bills in the house of origin and committees must act favorably on bills, or companions of bills, that met the first deadline in the other body.
- Friday, April 11 at noon — Committees must act favorably on major appropriation and finance bills.
Per Joint Rule 2.03, the deadlines do not apply to the House Capital Investment Division; the House Taxes, Ways and Means, or Rules and Legislative Administration committees; nor the Senate Capital Investment, Finance, Taxes or Rules and Administration committees.
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