Builders Association of Minnesota

This morning Governor Mark Dayton signed into law 12 budget and spending bills 57 days after the close of regular session May 23, bringing an end to the 20-day government shutdown that was the longest in state, history.

Tuesday July 19th the Governor called a special session that began at 3:00 p.m. and after 13 hours both the House and the Senate passed all 12 bills including budget bills, a pension bill, a bonding bill and the Legacy bill and adjourned at 4:00 a.m. Wednesday morning. The bills were signed into law by Dayton this morning, officially ending the shutdown.

It will take a day before the appropriated money will officially flow to state agencies and operation will begin to get back online, said Dayton. State workers have been called back, and state parks, he said, could reopen as soon as tomorrow.

Read the full article with links to each of the 12 bills and the Governor's press conference here on BAM's MN Builder Blog.