Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Minnesota House Bill HF395 Compare Versions

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1	1	1.1 A bill for an act
2	2	1.2 relating to emergency management; modifying procedures and requirements for
3	3	1.3 orders and rules promulgated during a peacetime emergency; amending Minnesota
4	4	1.4 Statutes 2024, section 12.32.
5	5	1.5BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
6	6	1.6 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 12.32, is amended to read:
7	7	1.7 12.32 GOVERNOR'S ORDERS AND RULES, EFFECT.
8	8	1.8 Subdivision 1.Force and effect of law.Orders and rules promulgated by the governor
9	9	1.9under authority of section 12.21, subdivision 3, clause (1), when approved by the Executive
10	10	1.10Council and filed in the Office of the Secretary of State, have, during a national security
11	11	1.11emergency, peacetime emergency, or energy supply emergency, the full force and effect of
12	12	1.12law. Rules and ordinances of any agency or political subdivision of the state inconsistent
13	13	1.13with the provisions of this chapter or with any order or rule having the force and effect of
14	14	1.14law issued under the authority of this chapter, is suspended during the period of time and
15	15	1.15to the extent that the emergency exists.
16	16	1.16 Subd. 2.Peacetime emergency orders and rules.(a) This subdivision applies to orders
17	17	1.17and rules promulgated by the governor under authority of section 12.21, subdivision 3,
18	18	1.18clause (1), during a peacetime emergency declared under section 12.31, subdivision 2.
19	19	1.19 (b) If an order or rule is promulgated ten or more days after the governor's initial
20	20	1.20declaration of a peacetime emergency, the governor must:
21	21	1.21 (1) to the extent practicable, consult organizations representing affected entities before
22	22	1.22promulgating the order or rule; and
23	23	1Section 1.
24	24	REVISOR KRB/ES 25-0343402/06/25
25	25	State of Minnesota
26	26	This Document can be made available
27	27	in alternative formats upon request
28	28	HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
29	29	H. F. No. 395
30	30	NINETY-FOURTH SESSION
31	31	Authored by Scott02/13/2025
32	32	The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on State Government Finance and Policy 2.1 (2) provide initial notice of the order or rule to the general public no less than seven
33	33	2.2days prior to the effective date of the order or rule. An order or rule may take effect sooner
34	34	2.3than seven days following this initial notice only if an earlier effective date is approved by
35	35	2.4a majority of the Legislative Coordinating Commission.
36	36	2.5 (c) The governor must not impose the burden of enforcing an order or rule on a private
37	37	2.6individual or business without the consent of the individual or business. This paragraph
38	38	2.7does not prohibit an order or rule from reasonably requiring an affected business to post
39	39	2.8notice of the order or rule in a conspicuous location on the exterior or interior of the business
40	40	2.9premises.
41	41	2.10 (d) An order or rule expires no later than 30 days after its effective date or upon expiration
42	42	2.11of the peacetime emergency, whichever comes first, unless its continuation is approved by
43	43	2.12a majority of each house of the legislature. An order or rule approved by both houses of the
44	44	2.13legislature remains in effect for the period of time specified by the legislature or if the
45	45	2.14legislature does not specify an earlier expiration date, the expiration of the peacetime
46	46	2.15emergency.
47	47	2Section 1.
48	48	REVISOR KRB/ES 25-0343402/06/25