Bill > SF1947

This bill amends the existing Minnesota law on declaring a peacetime emergency. It requires legislative approval for extending a peacetime emergency declaration beyond 30 days, either through an extension of the original order or a new order within 7 days of the original order's expiration. Previously, the legislature could only terminate a peacetime emergency extending beyond 30 days by majority vote. Now, the governor must call the legislature into session if they need to extend the emergency declaration beyond 30 days and the legislature is not already sitting.