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With only three weeks remaining in the legislative session, legislative leaders have officially begun end-of-session negotiations as they look for consensus or compromise.

The third legislative deadline has passed and the legislature is one month from adjournment.

The Minnesota Legislature’s third and final legislative committee deadline, the date by which finance committees must pass all major appropriation and bills is Friday, April 17th.

With the Minnesota Legislature scheduled to return from its Easter and Passover break tomorrow, they will have less than two weeks until the third and final committee deadline.

Friday, March 27, 2026 marked the first two of three annual committee deadlines for the Minnesota Legislature.

The Minnesota Legislature has been operating at a rapid pace with the first committee deadline this Friday, May 27, 2026.

As the legislature works towards the first round of committee deadlines, high profile issues including gun violence, fraud, and immigration enforcement continue to be the themes of the session.

Three weeks into the 2026 legislative session and halfway to the first round of committee deadlines, the Minnesota Legislature has been operating at a rapid pace with committees already taking up significant legislative proposals and receiving updates from state agencies.

With the Minnesota Legislature starting later in the year during the second year of the biennium, the condensed calendar has legislators and staff looking towards committee deadlines even as they enter the third week of the legislative session.

On Tuesday, February 17, 2026, the Minnesota Legislature gaveled in and kicked off the 2026 legislative session.

The Minnesota Legislature officially begins the 2026 legislative session at noon today.

The 2026 session of the Minnesota Legislature begins at noon on February 17, 2026.