Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Minnesota House Bill HF732 Compare Versions

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1	1	1.1 A bill for an act
2	2	1.2 relating to public safety; requiring legislative approval to extend the duration of a
3	3	1.3 peacetime emergency declared by the governor; limiting duration of peacetime
4	4	1.4 emergency extensions; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 12.31,
5	5	1.5 subdivision 2.
6	6	1.6BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
7	7	1.7 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 12.31, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
8	8	1.8 Subd. 2.Declaration of peacetime emergency.(a) The governor may declare a
9	9	1.9peacetime emergency. A peacetime declaration of emergency may be declared only when
10	10	1.10any of the following endangers life and property and local government resources are
11	11	1.11inadequate to handle the situation:
12	12	1.12 (1) an act of nature;
13	13	1.13 (2) a technological failure or malfunction;
14	14	1.14 (3) a terrorist incident;
15	15	1.15 (4) a cyber attack, including a physical or electronic attack on the state's information
16	16	1.16and telecommunications technology infrastructure, systems, or services;
17	17	1.17 (5) an industrial accident;
18	18	1.18 (6) a hazardous materials accident; or
19	19	1.19 (7) a civil disturbance.
20	20	1.20If the peacetime emergency occurs on Indian lands, the governor or state director of
21	21	1.21emergency management shall must consult with tribal authorities before the governor makes
22	22	1Section 1.
23	23	REVISOR KRB/MI 25-0347402/07/25
24	24	State of Minnesota
25	25	This Document can be made available
26	26	in alternative formats upon request
27	27	HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
28	28	H. F. No. 732
29	29	NINETY-FOURTH SESSION
30	30	Authored by Olson02/13/2025
31	31	The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on State Government Finance and Policy 2.1such a declaration. Nothing in this section shall be construed to limit the governor's authority
32	32	2.2to act without such consultation when the situation calls for prompt and timely action. When
33	33	2.3the governor declares a peacetime emergency, the governor must immediately notify the
34	34	2.4majority and minority leaders of the senate and the speaker and majority and minority leaders
35	35	2.5of the house of representatives. A peacetime emergency must not be continued for more
36	36	2.6than five days unless extended by resolution of the Executive Council for up to an additional
37	37	2.725 days for a cumulative total of 30 days. An order, or proclamation declaring, continuing,
38	38	2.8or terminating an emergency must be given prompt and general publicity and filed with the
39	39	2.9secretary of state.
40	40	2.10 (b) The governor must not extend a peacetime emergency beyond the 30 days provided
41	41	2.11in paragraph (a) unless the extension is approved by majority vote of each house of the
42	42	2.12legislature, the legislature may terminate a peacetime emergency extending beyond 30 days.
43	43	2.13The governor may make additional proposals to extend the peacetime emergency, and the
44	44	2.14legislature may, by majority vote of each house, extend the peacetime emergency for up to
45	45	2.15an additional 30 days per proposal. If the governor determines a need to extend the peacetime
46	46	2.16emergency declaration beyond 30 days or beyond a peacetime emergency declaration
47	47	2.17extended by up to 30 days by the legislature under this paragraph and the legislature is not
48	48	2.18sitting in session, the governor must provide at least three days' notice to the majority and
49	49	2.19minority leaders in both houses of the legislature of the governor's intent to issue a call
50	50	2.20immediately convening both houses of the legislature. Nothing in this section limits the
51	51	2.21governor's authority over or command of the National Guard as described in the Military
52	52	2.22Code, chapters 190 to 192A, and required by the Minnesota Constitution, article V, section
53	53	2.233.
54	54	2.24 (c) The governor must not allow a peacetime emergency declaration to expire and declare
55	55	2.25a new peacetime emergency for the same emergency in an effort to avoid obtaining legislative
56	56	2.26approval for an extension of a peacetime emergency as provided under this subdivision.
57	57	2.27 (d) If a peacetime emergency declaration is in effect under this subdivision and the
58	58	2.28governor determines the need to declare an additional, separate peacetime emergency in
59	59	2.29response to a different event than the event for which the first emergency was declared, the
60	60	2.30governor is not required to make an additional declaration under this subdivision for the
61	61	2.31subsequent peacetime emergency except for purposes of receiving federal aid under section
62	62	2.3212.22. A subsequent peacetime emergency declared under this paragraph is effective for
63	63	2.33the duration of the previous peacetime emergency declaration. An extension of either the
64	64	2.34previous or subsequent peacetime emergency declaration, or both, under this paragraph is
65	65	2.35subject to legislative approval as required in paragraph (b).
66	66	2Section 1.
67	67	REVISOR KRB/MI 25-0347402/07/25 3.1 EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective the day following final enactment.
68	68	3Section 1.
69	69	REVISOR KRB/MI 25-0347402/07/25