Lawmakers deliver budget bills to governor's desk in one-day special session

About that talk of needing all 21 hours left in a legislative day to complete a special session?

House members were more than up to the challenge Monday. Beginning at 10 a.m., they had all but two bills passed by the end of the 2100 hour, if one wants to use military time.

With passage shortly thereafter of the tax and revisor’s bills, representatives who live in the Twin Cities metropolitan area were likely home before midnight.

And Minnesotans need not worry about a partial government shutdown July 1 with an approximately $66 billion state budget for the 2026-27 biennium a few Gov. Tim Walz signatures away from becoming law.

Legislators are scheduled to get back together in St. Paul on Feb. 17, 2026.

Read more at Session Daily.

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