1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to the legislature; modifying the definition of a legislative day;amending 
1.3 	Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 3.012.
1.4 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.5 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 3.012, is amended to read:
1.6 	3.012 LEGISLATIVE DAY.
1.7 	A For the purposes of article IV, section 12, of the Minnesota Constitution, a
1.8 	legislative day is a day when either house of the legislature is called to order gives any 
1.9 	bill a first, second, or third reading. A legislative day begins at seven o'clock a.m. and 
1.10 	continues until seven o'clock a.m. of the following calendar day.